Trying to find a winter weekend hotel deal is a proving a challenge in Mallorca.
Trying to find a winter weekend hotel deal is a proving a challenge in Mallorca.
Your seven days news round-up in Mallorca
This week, we talk about the cheapest places to buy a home, large property portfolios, citizen protests, civil society participation in debates, hotels opening in the low season, graffiti fines, free buses, and problems with recruiting staff.
Tourist tax will be used to make the Balearics a better place
British market during the first four months of the year was up by over five percent which helps to lengthen the season.
Adding insult to injury: Mallorca news round-up
Some of the stories that made the headlines over the past week.
Balearic low-season tourism hasn't grown significantly - "Maybe it's better this way"
The actual number of foreign tourists in the low-season months is much the same as it was in the noughties.
Mallorca takes Berlin; the Balearics do not
92% of German tourists in the Balearics come to Mallorca. For the UK, the percentage is far lower.
Winter tourism in Mallorca
Winter tourism in Mallorca.
Mallorca winter wonderland
It may be a little chilly out there but it is no way near as cold as the UK and low-season bookings for Spain and the Balearics are holding up well.
Tourism outlook and the path forward in Mallorca
This was the first travel market for our new Government here in the Balearics.
Low season tourism in Mallorca
Tourists on holiday during the autumn months in Mallorca.
Mallorca’s low season boom
Climate change and global warming are certainly going to lead to a change in holiday habits and could boost low season tourism.
Tourism
Travel bloggers for promoting Calvia low season
Gastronomy, culture and sport were on the agenda for the travel bloggers.
Majorca
Shooting and 35 years of autonomy: the week in Majorca
Three members of the Porreres robbery gang were held in preventive custody, the sun shone for Balearics Day, Aptur challenged the legal criteria for rentals zoning, and low-season tourism was shown to be increasing.
Holiday rentals
Over 3,500 holiday rentals places are no longer on the market
Since legislation came into force, 574 properties with 3,620 accommodation places have been removed from the market.
Tourism
Palma airport due to have record-breaking low season
Palma is currently very much in vogue for the European market and beyond.
Tourism
Increased residents' discount prompts new inter-island tourism campaign
The travel agents' association believes that some 80,000 people would travel under a scheme for November to March.
- Ryanair changes its hand luggage and check-in rules
- Open letter: Please do not come on holiday to Mallorca
- Tourist replies to our open letter calling on holidaymakers to stay at home
- EU sues Spain for discriminatory tax treatment of non-residents
- "We must be very careful with the things we say"; Mallorca transport operators' concern about messages to tourists
Comment
The pain of finding a hotel open in Mallorca
Hoteliers announced at the recent travel fair in Madrid that 30% of hotels would be open in February. Well I can’t find a sensibly priced one for a weekend.
Humphrey Carter07/02/2025 11:38