Frequent British flyers to Mallorca facing new tax
In the UK, 70% of flights are made by a wealthy 15% of the population, with 57% not flying abroad at all.
NASA - Sea level rise in the Balearics of more than 70 centimetres by 2100
Maintaining current posidonia sea grass meadows would lessen the potential flooding of beaches.
Leonardo DiCaprio is a regular visitor to the Balearics.
Leonardo DiCaprio is a regular visitor to the Balearics.
Could Mallorca be planning on water meters in hotels and saltwater pools?
Almost 350 litres of water is consumed per day per hotel guest.
Tourism affected by a "saharisation" of the Mediterranean
A forum debated issues ahead of a summit of EU tourism ministers in Palma.
Will holidaymakers avoid Mallorca because of hotter summers?
As well as the summer heat, there will be an impact from more expensive air travel.
Climate change protest in Palma, Mallorca
A climate change protest in Palma in 2019.
Whoever would have thought that Mallorca's environment was political
Hunting has replaced climate change as a Council of Mallorca environmental education activity.
If sustainability means higher prices for tourism, "we will have to accept this"
Demand will not be affected by higher prices.
Palma's C. Unió may be reopened to traffic
An issue for the town hall relates to regulations for low emission zones.
Climate change protest in Palma, Mallorca
'Beachgoers' who staged a climate change protest in Palma last year.
End of Mallorca's tourism season - time to protest
When EU tourism ministers gather in Palma, they can expect to be greeted with protests.
Balearics tourism will be most affected in Spain because of rising summer temperatures
The European Commission has conducted a regional study of the impact of climate change on tourism.
Mallorca sea temperature 2.5 degrees higher than normal
Monday's average sea temperature was almost 25C.
Summers in Mallorca are now twenty days longer
"This winter lasted only a month to a month and a half."
Twelve per cent of Palma summer deaths attributed to the heat island effect
A solution lies with having greater density of trees.
- 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"
Comment
Mass tourism of the apocalypse
The challenges of climate change, air transport and overcrowding in Mallorca and the Balearics.
Andrew Ede08/10/2023 13:50