More warning signs for Balearics as British tourism falls

Palma.—The unseasonably good weather last month gave end-of-season tourism a boost but the British rather spoilt the party with a drop in visitor numbers of three percent.
There was a big rise in the number of German tourists, increasing by eight percent to a new record of 462,332. But British visitors fell to 251.997,  three percent less than during the same period last year.
The figures rather show that German tourism resigns supreme in the Balearics with visitor numbers almost doubling those of their British counterparts.  Majorca had an increase in tourism of around three percent,  Minorca  6.5 percent  and Ibiza and  Formentera 15.5  percent.
But while the Germans may rule in the Balearics it is the British who rule Spain.