Year-round routes to the North African country are on sale from six UK airports through to winter 2025-26 as part of the Britain´s travel firms expanded programme.
The Jet2 programme will increase to eight airports for summer 2026 with the addition of weekly flights to Agadir from East Midlands and Newcastle airports.
Jet 2 Chief executive Steve Heapy said: “With the weather in the UK taking another turn for the worse, we are delighted to be taking customers to the sunshine thanks to our new programme of flights and holidays to Agadir and Marrakech in Morocco.
“The addition of flights and packages to these stunning destinations give customers and independent travel agents plenty of choice and flexibility to explore Morocco as a year-round destination, and they are proving to be incredibly popular.”
While no-one is doubting the popularity of Mallorca with British tourists there could be cause for concern locally especially after the anti-tourism protests of last summer and the recently announced plans by the Balearic government to raise the rate of the tourist tax for next summer. British tourism to the Balearics fell by 10 percent in July and just under five percent in August.
One veteran local hotelier said "Our loss could be Morocco´s gain."
Other British tour operators have also expanded their programme to Morocco. It was reported last summer that one major European travel firm was pondering sending tourists to Morocco if Mallorca was "over saturated."
The bad news for Mallorca is that Morocco is considered a year round holiday destination with plenty of winter flights from the UK unlike Mallorca.
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Zoltan TeglasYes, that's the point. Wealthy people rarely ever brag about their wealth. In fact, they tend to downplay it for obvious reasons. The Germans have a word for it: "Schickimicki" - a strongly depreciatory or derogative term for people that not only brag about their wealth, but spend what money they do have on the appearance of wealth, so that they can mingle with those that do. There's also a German saying: "Wenn Sie es haben, werden sie es wissen". Translated: "if you have it, they will know". What it means is, that people know instinctively if someone is wealthy by the way they carry themselves. Bragging about it (or just trying to appear wealthy) only casts doubt, because most wealthy people don't do that. You need not tell them. They'll know.
Morgan WilliamsI've met a lot of very rich people over the years including a couple of billionaires, and one thing they have in common (apart from Russians) is they don't brag about their money, or like to draw too much attention to themselves. The people on here who do that are either not very rich or or just full of . . .
All these people saying 'I won't come to Mallorca anymore - you won't survive without me' Please do go somewhere else - most people on the island want a reduction in tourist numbers, and we will survive very well without you. Goodbye!
TDWhat exactly are you doing here if everything is so unbearable for you? There's far better places in the world - as you nauseatingly remind us. After all, you have "loadsamoney" and can afford anything. You could go colonise an island, for example (I can only assume your far-flung hypocrisy was based on what you would do, if you actually had "loadsamoney"?). Bang-on average, as you would say? Sold that place in Son Vida yet?
I have to say there will be many like me wondering if the queues and visa will be worth the hassle
Says Morgan Williams, old Welshman who can't hack it and is selling up. He despises Brits snd comes on here saying how all is well in Mallorca when the numbers say otherwise. He thinks all Mallorcan tourism is like his inland eco aburrida casas where his only customers are rich hippy Scandies renting 2 cars just to get to his houses, stocking up at Carrefour on day 1 then never leaving the house again for a week. Carrefour, Recordgo, Repsol snd Morgan Williams do well, but nobody else does. This man is an old school colonial with his defacto sugar plantations in the middle of the Island. He is part of Mallorca's problem and should have his holiday let licences revoked.
Yes, should be concerned. Amongst others, Bulgaria, Croatia and Montenegro are all seriously competing for the tourism dollar. They'll be rubbing their hands together at the stupidity of the protestors and the success they are having in driving tourists into their destinations.
Good move as despite being property owners in Majorca we have switched our usual November visit from Majorca to Morocco. Minimal bureaucracy on arrival and far cheaper prices and quality as well as value.
TDI'd have to agree that Morocco is surprisingly nice. Great place to visit. But living there would be similar to other charming places where if you want to live like a millionaire, just bring 2 million with you. Curiously, your obvious distaste for anything Mallorca leaves me wondering why the hell you ever come back? On the bright side, you'll make space for others who aren't just pretending to have "loadsamoney". Oh, have you sold your palace in Son Vida yet? You didn't sell it to a foreigner did you? At full price? That would be contributing to the whole reason Mallorca sucks, as you've pointed out previously. Anyway, enjoy Morocco. Or wherever other fabulous place you end up. Write if you get work!
I fail to see why one airline travelling to another location will make any difference.