The services sector saw the biggest drop in the number of job seekers with nearly 200,000 fewer than in the first quarter but unemployment also dropped in oththe er sectors, including construction, industry and agriculture, it added. The total number of people employed in Spain rose by 434,700 people in the second quarter from a quarter earlier to hit a new record of 21.68 million.
And, the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Mallorca (Pimem) has assessed as “very positive” the data from the Labour Force Survey (EPA) although it has warned that companies are having “many difficulties” to complete their workforces and find qualified personnel. This is what the president of Pimem, Jordi Mora, said this Friday after the publication of the figures from the Labour Force Survey (EPA) of the National Statistics Institute (INE) for the second quarter in the Balearics.
“We have had more than ten consecutive months with historic records in the Balearics,” he said of job creation, attributing the reasons to the “good tourist season” and, at the same time, to “the inertia of the previous year”, when there was high employment and spending in the sector.
Even so, Mora pointed out that there are “two pillars that are failing” in the Balearic economy, such as “the high cost of housing and the lack of qualified personnel”. Therefore, he suggested that education should be a strategic axis for employment policies, since, as he exemplified, “it is not easy” to cover the medical leaves that occur in small and medium-sized companies, which causes, he said, “a catastrophe in the organisation”.
And, The United Kingdom continues to be the main source market, with more than 6.3 million tourists between January and May, a 10.6% increase. It is followed by France, with 4.42 million (+13.2%) and Germany, with 4.41 million (+14.7%). Of particular note is the growth of the Belgian market, with 20.3%, and Ireland, with an increase of almost 19%.
During the first five months of 2024, the communities that received the most tourists were Catalonia (7.1 million and an increase of 13.1% compared to the same period in 2023), the Canary Islands (6.5 million and an increase of 10.7%) and Andalusia (4.9 million, up 12.9%). In terms of spending, the main countries of origin in May were the United Kingdom (with 18.8% of the total), Germany (12.1%) and France (8.5%).
Likewise, spending by tourists resident in the United Kingdom increased by 16.2% in annual rate, that of those from Germany by 18.% and that of those from France by 17.7%. In the first five months of 2024, the UK was the country with the highest cumulative expenditure (17.1% of the total). It was followed by Germany (13%) and France (7.8%).
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CompoOh puh-leeze... Virtually everything in Spain (and across Europe) according to British tabloid media, is an affront to poor abused Brits. From ETIAS to the 90 day rule to driving licences to the anti-tourism movement, it's all aimed squarely at innocent Brits. Perhaps it's because there simply isn't anything else that it could all be aimed at? A little fog in the channel?
The whole anti-tourists movement is a nonsense created by stupid myopic people wanting Mallorca to become a wasteland of abandoned hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops and attractions. It's like Apple saying they're now against digital devices or Tesla announcing they are stopping production of batteries. You can't be half pregnant. You're in the tourism business or you're not. Decide.
My expression "Do not bite the hand that feeds you !!" Has received ridicule from certain Protesters. Already as a result of the Protesters.,British Holiday Makers are re considering where to go for their Holiday.?. SO PROTESTERS BE VERY VERY CAREFUL WHAT DAMAGE YOU COULD CAUSE TO YOUR LIVELIHOODS. !!?
Morgan WilliamsThe headline doesn’t imply that, you have just made that up to suit your ongoing mantra on this site. Fact: Tourists are currently unwelcome to many Fact: Tourism has helped increase employment Fact: Britain is Spain’s biggest tourist market So, TMB reporting the facts and given some recent rather more pro demonstrator articles, it is fair to say that the overall reporting is balanced.
The implied "poor unwanted Brits, who keep Spain from poverty" headline is rather amusing (but not surprising): Unwanted tourists boost Spain and Mallorca’s jobs and economy Britain is the country’s biggest tourism market