It's good to talk: Mallorca's hoteliers and tourism critics getting close to proposals on overtourism
The Forum for Civil Society has been talking to hoteliers and tour operators since August.
Javier Vich, CEO of the Summum Hotel Group, Mallorca
Javier Vich.
Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
"It is true that we have a problem. The hotel sector said ten years ago that it could not grow any further in volume."
Hoteliers say that Mallorca has reached "a critical situation"
"A balance of coexistence between residents and visitors has long been an issue on these islands."
Navigating Mallorca’s rising costs
Being an island that has to import most of its produce, unfortunately means we are hit harder than most.
Mallorca hoteliers outraged by former tourism minister
The hoteliers have accused Iago Negueruela of calling them "exploiters".
The place with two dots at the heart of Mallorca’s tourism
Jaume Bauzà is the new minister for tourism (plus sport and culture), an appointment, from what one can make out, that owes as much to Partido Popular internal affairs as it does to any specific credentials for the post.
Strikes and inflation concerns for Mallorca's hoteliers
For 2023, the UK and German economies need to be working "better".
Mallorca tourism councillor attacks "distorted information" in the British media
Mallorca's hoteliers are being asked not to give credibility to reports by sensationalist British tabloids.
All hotels are now open for business for the first since 2019
"Staff shortages being overcome...."
Hotel deals in Mallorca highly unlikely this summer
Tour operators are trying to pressurise hoteliers into offering discounts.
The Week in Tourism
The Easter oasis and the post-Easter dip
Easter had genuinely come to herald the start of the season.
Maria Frontera, president of the Mallorca Hoteliers Federation, and Iago Negueruela, Balearic tourism minister
Maria Frontera of the Mallorca Hoteliers Federation and Iago Negueruela on Thursday.
Minorca and Ibiza can't understand Mallorca hoteliers tourism law about-turn
The Mallorca Hoteliers Federation now says that it supports the government's tourism law.
Feeling used - The hoteliers and the government fall out
Is the Balearic government's tourism decree an electoral ploy?
Hotel de-growth - what a difference two years make
The government has introduced its tourism decree and the hoteliers federation is expressing its anger about it.
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- Russian-owned Black Pearl in Mallorca
- Noel Gallagher sold his Ibiza home because of his neighbour - James Blunt
Comment
‘Red Marga’ leaves hoteliers singing the blues
Balearic leader has been dubbed ‘Red Marga’ after announcing a rise in the tourist tax, which her party had once sought to abolish.
Jason Moore11/10/2024 09:23