Mallorca heads to the Madrid tourism fair with record numbers but also great challenges
Less about promotion, more about sustainable tourism and responsible tourism messaging.
Formentera, Menorca and Palma, among the finalists in National Geographic Travel Awards
The magazine highlights the historical and cultural richness of its old town, its medieval streets and its “imposing Cathedral”.
The impossibility of camping and caravan holidays in Mallorca
An association of caravaners and campers wants regulatory change, but the omens are not good.
Lonely Planet included Palma among its top ten cities to visit in 2025
Lonely Planet included Palma among its top ten cities to visit in 2025.
Motorhome dwellers want nothing to do with Palma protest by motorhome 'tourists'
"They have a tourist and recreational purpose. What they are complaining about is an insignificant problem."
Last summer's mass tourism protest in Palma.
Last summer's mass tourism protest in Palma.
Two Boeing 737-8AS passenger aircrafts of Ryanair airline
Will air travel prices increase?
Tourist limits: There are no magic numbers
Destinations should decide their maximum tolerable thresholds based on what they consider to be important
Head of tourism at the Council of Mallorca denounced for alleged attempted assault
The tourism councillor, José Marcial Rodríguez, flatly denies all the accusations made in an anonymous complaint.
Is Mallorca reaching its tourist ceiling?
Growth in tourist numbers in 2024 was lower than in the other main tourist regions of Spain.
Rural tourism in the Balearics breaks all records
"An extraordinary year" for agrotourism and inland tourism.
Despite concerns about prices, Mallorca tourism demand in 2025 expected to be at least as high as 2024
Can prices just keep on going up? One prominent hotelier believes they should come down.
Tourists in Palma, Mallorca
German tourism was up again in November but wasn't the largest market.
By November, almost 600,000 more tourists in the Balearics than for the whole of 2023
In November, the UK market again decreased.
The Palma Airport sticker wall ... without stickers
It's the time of the year; at other times the walls are full of stickers.
Mayor marks Palma's annual celebrations by stressing social support, cleanliness and quality tourism
"I will not rest until Palma returns to being the city it was in other times: a clean city."
Perfect events for your winter stay in Mallorca
Mallorca celebrates from January to March events like Three Kings' parades, Sant Antoni’s fire, Carnival, Balearics Day, Classic Car Rally and Saint Patrick's Day.
Tourists in Mallorca
Independent travellers want to experience more of the island.
- Ryanair grounds 12 Spain routes over excessive airport taxes
- End of the Golden Visa....but there is a new way to live in Spain with few problems
- Nautical exodus from Mallorca
- The EU threatens the future of Mallorca beach bars
- Non-resident Britons and Americans buying a property in Spain face massive tax bill, PM announces
Comment
The curious case of the Fodor’s ‘No List’
There was nothing new, but somehow the treatment of the list rumbled on for a couple of weeks or more.
Andrew Ede17/01/2025 10:46