MIGUEL Vicens, president of the Majorcan Tourism Board, spoke out against the draft bill which the Balearic tourism ministry is promoting to regulate “all inclusive” holidays. He said that this type of tourism, where everything is prepaid before the tourist arrives on the island, is “more efficiently controlled” by consumer organisations in the markets of origin or the tour operators, than by ministry inspectors. “They (the consumer organisations and tour operators) are faster and more efficient than a team of inspectors from the ministry,” he claimed.
He also said that the central and regional governments should spend more money promoting the Balearics, so that the islands can compete in better conditions with their chief competitors such as Turkey.
Market forces will control all inclusive better than inspectors
20/03/2005 00:00
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