They won’t let us comment because they don’t have the people power to remove negative comments about MDB’s main editorial line from Mr Moore, which true to his name is More More More for Mallorca. more tourists, more pollution, more shopping centres, more cruise ships or else we are all doomed doomed doomed! If he were in charge of the island it really would be doomed.
Yes
Stan I went on my first ever cruise two years ago - I thought I would hate it but actually it opened my eyes. Two adults, two teenagers and we spent easily between 200 and 300 euros depending on the location, in each stop off point. We hired a taxi, coffees, and lunch and shopping, ice cream, paid to go into some museums etc. So that is a comment about All Inclusive that I also had. Secondly not everyone heads into Palma, many take the organised tours from the boat. I was totally appalled to see as we got off the boat in Palma, you could not even get a taxi as there were none there to pick up even though a large queue and many were leaving the boat to stay for a week in an hotel in Mallorca. Everywhere else we went too was organised and efficient. Mallorca was a disappointment and I LIVE here.
If the shops in Palma are open (Sundays).. I wonder how much their takings increase from Cruise Passengers. My guess is not much!. Passengers are on All Inclusive So ,I don't think they spend a great amount.
My comment was in reply to MelB and James.
I strongly suspect the Magaluf situation was responsible.
Bill - if you had added some punctuation your comment would have made more sense.
i keep reading about the hard times bars hotels and restaurants are having in mallorca the truth is it has become too expensive for people and the answer seems if it is quite to put up the price of goods i heard a good comment 5weeks ago in pollenca speaking to a bar owner i passed my comments to him his answer was but we have to live in winter when we are closed people are spending there money in the supermarkets on food and drinks and staying in there villas it is not bad when a person lives for 12months and only works 6
I agree with MelB. It would be nice to add our comments on every article
MelB. Yes - Many of us readers used to be able on comment on all the artices. Jason did get a certain amount of criticism, but I don't think comments were pulled because of that. I think the criticism of Més policies in government and the fact that tourism would suffer badly due to the tourist tax was too much for the editor to deal with. All those predictions have of course become true!