Balearics suffers only fall in tourism spending

Palma.—The debate about quantity over quality tourism was  touched upon this week during a meeting of the complementary tourist sector which maintains that the hotel industry is given too much of a free hand to dictate and influence  tourist industry policies, especially when it comes to the growth in the number of all inclusive resorts which are forcing more and more resort businesses to close.
The Association of British TravelAgents reported  this week that demand in the United Kingdom for all inclusive package holidays is forecast to rise by four percent next year and that an estimated 20 percent of Britons travelling abroad, will be going to  an all inclusive resort next year.
Yesterday, the Ministry for Tourism and Energy in Madrid reported that between January and the end of August, foreign holiday makers spent a total of 7,748 million euros in the  Balearics, 2.3 percent less than during the same period last year, despite a sharp increase during August.
And, that drop also bucks the national trend which has witnessed a 7.4 percent increase in spending by foreign holiday makers.
The average daily amount spent by tourists in the Balearics also fell during the same period by 3.3 percent.
However, in August,  the Balearics was the region  where foreign visitors spent the most inSpain.
2,347 million euros was spent by foreign holiday makers during August, 2.5 percent more than August, 2013.