Etiqueta 'Balearics retail'
![A near deserted shopping street in Palma, Mallorca](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
A near deserted shopping street in Palma, Mallorca
The lack of tourism was one reason for the drop in retail sales.
Balearic retail sales fell more than 14% in 2020
Only the Canaries suffered a greater loss of sales.
![Closed shop in Palma, Mallorca](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
Closed shop in Palma, Mallorca
Retail, and not just in Palma, has been badly affected.
Retailing
Retail hit by fall in demand and lack of tourists
Sales performance in the Balearics has been much worse than the national average.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"