Balearic residents earn significant windfall from Air BnB last year
AIRBNB hosts earned on average €7,000 in 2017 from renting out rooms or flats for an average of two months in Palma. The city hosted over 220,000 visitors through the popular site,
British brothers arrested after causing €2,000 damage to hotel
TWO British brother have been arrested in Playa de Palma after trashing their hotel room. Security were alerted after alarming noises were coming from the fifth floor room. The two were found
Stormy seas! Protesters gather to oppose cruise ship arrival in Palma
PROTESTERS gathered as the largest cruise ship in the world, the Symphony of the Seas, arrived in Palma on its maiden voyage. The Royal Caribbean ship was met by 200 activists, who
The Brits are coming! Study finds Mallorca is favourite summer destination
THREE Mallorca resorts have emerged as preferred holiday destinations for Brits this summer. A study carried out by Lastminute.com found that Magaluf was the fourth most booked resort by Brits, followed by
British and French tourist numbers drop in Andalucia as tourism sector fears downturn
ANDALUCIA’S tourism sector is fearing a downturn after the number of foreign visitors decreased for the first time in 33 months in February. The number of visitors to the region fell by
Fresh Prince of Bel Air video wins Nottingham pupils free trip to Mallorca
A GROUP of Year 6 pupils has won an all expenses paid holiday to Mallorca after filming their own version of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme tune. The students from
NO ZONING: Alcudia fights for all year tourist rentals
ONE of the island’s key tourist resorts is taking on the authorities over rental zoning. Alcudia town hall has dubbed the new rules as ‘unrealistic’ and refused to zone the area. The
WAR IS COMING: Anti-tourism protestors in Spain vow to continue ‘war’ this summer
TOURISM haters in Spain have promised to continue their ‘war’ against holidaymakers this summer. Anti-tourism group Arran Paisos vowed to continue ‘fighting’ the affects of tourism on Mallorca in a message posted
Balearic Islands propose limiting the number of cars to cope with tourism
Formentera town hall say the draft bill will limit the number of cars in circulation and cap the number of rental cars and motorbikes.
BOOMING HOTELS: Hotel sector a growing industry in the Balearics
THE hotel sector in Mallorca remains one of Spain’s most profitable, despite its seasonal nature. Over the last seven years, the average price of a hotel room has increased by 80 percent,
TOURIST RENTALS: Mallorca estate agents blast proposed holiday rental restrictions
MALLORCA would be ‘shooting itself in the foot’ if it passed new controversial holiday rental laws, some local estate agents have claimed. It comes after some 60% of holiday rental property owners
Spain trumps US to become world’s second-most visited country
SPAIN has trumped the US to become the world’s second-most visited country. Speaking in Italy late last night, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said 82 million people visited Spain last year, a 9%
Tourism Warning: Expecting fallout from anti-tourism protests
BRITISH tour operators have warned that ‘tourismaphobia’ will deter holidaymakers from visiting Mallorca this year. The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) reported a ‘turning point’ linked to the protests against mass
Spain smashes tourism record thanks to almost 20 million Brits visiting so far this year
SPAIN has already smashed last year’s international tourism record before December figures have even been counted. From January to November, some 77.8 million international visitors came to Spain, up from 75.6 million
WAGE WAR: Costa del Sol hotels to resist pay increases for tourism staff despite boom in profits
TRADE unions in Malaga are set to negotiate for higher wages for hotel and restaurant staff. They argue the 78,000 who work in the industry deserve significant salary increases considering the historic
BRIT BOOM: Almost one in three Brits have visited Spain so far this year as Andalucia tourism figures soar above 10 MILLION
ANDALUCIA has seen a 10% rise in foreign tourists in the first ten months of this year compared to the same period in 2016. Some 10,451,449 extranjeros visited the holiday hotspot between January
Malaga and Costa del Sol tourism have best October since records began
MALAGA and the Costa del Sol have had the best tourism numbers for an October since records began. New figures show that 14,993 workers were employed in hotels last month, 1,000 more
Caminito del Rey praised as a ‘shining example’ of diversifying the tourism model
Director of tourism for the Costa Arturo Bernal said 245,000 tourists have already visited the site this year, while ‘last winter saw visitors of 84 different nationalities flock from five different continents’.
Ronda is a cobbled gem where visitors are quickly transported back in time, writes Jed Neill
IF you were planning for a tour guide but forgot to book in advance… don’t worry, just follow your feet and Ronda will do the rest. Perched on an inland plateau driven
National tourists stay away from Andalucia as oversea visitor numbers soar
A 7% increase in international tourists, was followed by the number of Spain-based tourists falling by 4.3%.
Marbella looks to rebrand at world’s largest tourism fair in London
MARBELLA is preparing its own stand for London’s World Travel Market this week. The huge event, from November 6 to 8, will see the Costa del Sol hotspot attempt to ‘recover’ its
As San Pedro gears up for its feria – the last of the season – Laurence Dollimore discovers a town that can throw a party to match anything big sister Marbella can muster
Just 10km west of Marbs, San Pedro has been reborn over the last decade as a modernised microcosm of Spain
‘BEST SUMMER IN HISTORY’: Costa del Sol SMASHES tourism records as number of British visitors boom
THE number of tourists visiting the Costa del Sol this summer reached more than seven million for the first time ever. According to the Turismo Costa del Sol and employment body AEHCOS,
Two Costa hotspots are the most popular places for Brits buying second homes
Marbella and Mijas are in the top three.
‘Tourists go home’? Maybe they have a point…
I don’t blame Palma de Mallorca residents for scrawling ‘Tourists go home, refugees welcome’ on the walls of their citadel, writes Belinda Beckett
August sees highest number of job losses in Spain since 2008 as tourism season comes to a close
AT least 46,400 Spaniards lost their jobs in August as the tourism season began drawing to a close, new figures have revealed. The figure is a much sharper rise in unemployment than