Last year, over two million people holidayed in the Balearics without staying in hotels or holiday rentals. According to Frontur statistics from the National Statistics Institute for 2023, 2.3 million tourists stayed with friends or relatives. Many of these visitors likely stayed with family, but a significant portion may have used illegal rentals, contributing to the overcrowding issue.
Official statistics reveal that in 2023, 2.3 million tourists stayed in homes of supposed friends or relatives, surpassing the 2.06 million who chose holiday rentals. This suggests more tourists are staying in private homes or unregulated accommodation, which are currently under scrutiny for contributing to overcrowding, especially from the hotel sector’s perspective.
Additionally, the statistics also highlight that almost one million tourists - 975,105 - spent their holidays in their second homes. This means that in 2023, a total of 3.2 million visitors didn't spend a cent on hotels, apartments or the tourist tax, as these are classified under "non-tourist accommodation" by Frontur.
This data indicate that out of the 17.8 million tourists visiting the Balearic Islands in the record-breaking year of 2023, nearly 20% did not pay for traditional accommodation, possibly staying in illegal lodgings instead.
However, Frontur data also show that the majority of tourists, 12.03 million (67.5%), stayed in hotels. Holiday rental establishments accommodated 2.06 million tourists, making up 11.57% of the total. This trend of tourists bypassing regulated establishments helps explain the simultaneous presence of more than 2 million people on a single day in August. When combining the 1.2 million residents with the 600,000 legal hotel and holiday rental places, there are still about 300,000 people unaccounted for in regulated accommodations, many of whom arrive on cruise ships, private boats, or stay with friends and in second homes.
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los alquileres turísticos ilegales, puede que no paguen el alquiler turístico, pero si pagan otros tipos de impuestos la gente que puede vivir en ellos...... sin embargo el apartamento turístico se mantiene vacío
lo que les molesta es no poder recaudar también de estos alojamientos para después poder despilfarrar el dinero
Lisa JuliaThe authorities let this happen. It's easy to find out who is doing it. Too many people making money through it
The hotels are the main issue
Yes, and those 2 million tourists that did that paid more by eating out or shopping at supermarkets than most of the Hotel crowd
tranq tranquerOr simply charge on arrival for the number of days until the return ticket date. If no return is given, charge for the full 90 days and you can claim the difference back when you leave. NOT😡!
Love all these comments this is Mafia in Mallorca allways need to have someone to blame but not ever the hotels , this really stinks to the top never ever a word about the hotels ? Mallorca has the most hotels for sale in the whole of Spain , wonder why .
Interesting fact - owners of legal, ETV rental properties pay the tourist tax based on the government/council calculation for their property. They then claim this payment back from tourists, at the legal rate. So if illegal holiday rentals are not paying the tourist tax, it’s actually the legal rentals that end up footing the bill. Less guests, higher bills. That’s before the legal let’s pay their standard national tax, which of course illegal lets don’t pay. Since Mallorca has a strict ETV licensing system in place for tourist rentals - it would be incredibly easy to spot the illegal properties. Errr spoiler alert - just check the ETV number on the Airbnb (or other listing). It’s not rocket science. They just need to enforce existing and very strict legislation. As for hotels and the new wave of boutique hotels - they have a strangle hold over government. The greedy CEO’s are regularly quoted, attend policy meetings and then complain about the tiny (in comparison) and highly regulated legal holiday lets.
tranq tranquerSounds like thats the planned measure of it! I wouldnt be surprised at all! And don't forget the DNA swab!
Stephen GrimmerYep, guilty as charged you criminal!!! 😉