Etiqueta 'Cost of living'
Hotel occupancy in Spain stood at 75.4% between January and September, 2.4% more than in the same period of 2023.

Hotels

Balearic hotel prices have risen by 10%

“Demand has shown extraordinary strength throughout the year, which has also allowed us to record excellent indicators in months that traditionally had less activity.”

Humphrey Carter28/10/2024 15:33

Reduction of VAT for essential items such as fruit and vegetables.

Latest headlines

Spain extends some anti-inflation measures into 2024

Spain on Wednesday extended a slew of measures designed to help people cope with high costs of living into 2024, even as the rate of inflation slows.

David Latona27/12/2023 14:58

UK and German tourists in Palma

Comment

Ever upward: May’s tourism in Mallorca and the Balearics

There seems to me to be an obsessive desire to see Mallorca and the Balearics fail and to blame whatever most suits one’s own narrative, be this Brexit, prices, government attitude, cost-of-living crisis, tourist tax (select as applicable).

Andrew Ede10/07/2023 09:57

Fuel prices keep on rising

Comment

Why being 'tight-fisted' nowadays is no bad thing

The thought of filling the car with fuel now brings me out in hives - and I have only a modest (yet rather sporty) Ford Fiesta.

Frank Leavers14/04/2022 08:30

Inflation from war adds to Europe's cost of living crisis

Inflation from war adds to Europe's cost of living crisis

A man fills fuel at a service station during a significant increase in the price of energy in Madrid.

JUAN MEDINA 08/03/2022

Palma has the fourth highest cost of living in Spain

Economy

Palma has the fourth highest cost of living in Spain

It is rated as being 14.5% above the national average, with the most expensive city being Barcelona (30.2% above the average). In between come San Sebastian (27.9%) and Madrid (22.7%).

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/02/2016 00:00