Etiqueta 'Mallorca anti-toursim'

Pedro Fiol is the president of Aviba, the Association of Balearic Travel Agents.
Pedro Fiol is the president of Aviba, the Association of Balearic Travel Agents.

Sant Llorenç des Cardassar.
Sant Llorenç des Cardassar.

The President of the Balearics Marga Prohens defended tourists today.
The President of the Balearics Marga Prohens defended tourists today.
“Mallorca is wonderful, I’ve known it for 55 years, but it needs an adult tourism strategy”
“Mallorca, as I’ve said, is a wonderful island. It’s paradise. All of us lucky enough to live here should be extremely grateful and look after the island, manage it properly. It’s a vicious circle but it has to be brought under control.”
Balearic village tells rude tourists "they are not welcome"
Minorcan local council investigating the wave of anti-tourism graffiti
Mallorca is "too expensive" and the anti-tourism protests did have an impact as number of British tourists falls by 10 percent in July
Even problems at Palma airport appear to have had an impact,
- Ryanair to base 16 aircraft at Palma airport this summer, an investment of $1.6 billion and supporting 7,000 jobs
- Police tackle crime wave in top Mallorca resort
- Residents furious in Palma NO-GO area
- Mallorca has the “third best beach in Europe”
- Mallorca set to welcome back young British seasonal workers