Sant Sebastià fiestas could be a winter tourist attraction

If there were to be some specific effort made to promote the fiestas to overseas tourists, it wouldn't be the first time this has been thought of. In 2008, Eberhard Grosske, when he was a deputy mayor for culture and citizen participation, spoke about a need to promote the fiestas to an overseas audience. Economic crisis intervened, and any further thought of doing so was forgotten.

Adrover made her announcement about the possibility when presenting information about business and employment in the city; she is councillor for trade and employment as well as for tourism. In September, she said, there were 13,693 registered businesses in Palma, the highest number since 2009. In October, there were 18,515 new job contracts. These represented an increase of 168 over September. The bulk of them (88%) were in the services sector.

Unemployment in October was 21,513, which meant a rise of 8.6% compared with September. Adrover accepted that seasonality continues to influence the labour market, but noted that there have now been five years of continuous decrease in unemployment (months compared with those of the previous years).