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mike_dublin 01-08-2018 07:05
https://majorcadailybulletin.com/new...alma-halt.html

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Yesterday's taxi strike in Palma, Calvia and Llucmajor left tens of thousands of people stranded, especially at Palma airport where arriving tourists had no idea that only 10 per cent of taxi drivers would be working from 9am to 2pm.

According to taxi associations, the strike was a total success (a 90% take-up, they said) and further industrial action is not being ruled out.

At the airport, tourists were told that the strike would end at 2pm. Long queues formed and waited for the taxi rank to open again.
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The Palma EMT airport bus service had a busy morning as did the TIB buses serving certain resort areas.

Palma taxi drivers also blocked city roads with a go-slow convoy as part of the protest to pressurise the national government into curbing licences for services such as Uber. ...

mike_dublin 03-08-2018 07:01
https://majorcadailybulletin.com/new...inst-uber.html

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Spanish taxi drivers have called off their days-long strike against services like Uber after Madrid agreed to let regional governments regulate the sector. ...

The taxi strike committee said in a statement that it had called off the work stoppage across Spain after the government said it would allow the country’s regional governments to regulate VTC licences. But it warned that taxi drivers would "remain vigilant" and "return to the streets" if this move does not lead to tighter controls.

Shops and restaurants in Madrid, Barcelona and Palma complained earlier Wednesday of a 15 to 30 per cent drop in sales due to the taxi strike.
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mike_dublin 07-08-2018 07:09
https://majorcadailybulletin.com/new...cavations.html

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Alcudia town hall wants to extend the protected area of the Pollentia Roman town by including the Tanca de Can Domenech finca, which is on the other side of the road that passes by the cemetery and the excavations....

The finca is valued at 1,215,420 euros; it is owned by a local hotelier. The town hall intends applying for funding from tourist tax revenue to acquire it. ...

The whole of Pollentia is estimated to have been some twenty hectares in size and to have connected the major port on the bay of Alcudia with the minor port on the bay of Pollensa. ...
... see full story on the MDB website

mike_dublin 07-08-2018 07:12
https://majorcadailybulletin.com/new...being-cut.html

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Another analysis of hotel prices by Minorca-based company Mabrian Technologies points to an average decrease in August prices of 4.6% in the Balearics, the Canaries, the Costa Brava and the Costa Blanca. The company concludes that these reductions have been necessary in order to "reactivate demand in August" and are a response to what was an "unstable July" and a general decrease in the length of overnight stays in Spain during the first half of the year.

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https://majorcadailybulletin.com/new...-per-cent.html

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Hoteliers in the principal resort areas of Majorca are suggesting that average occupancy in August could be down by ten per cent over last year, with July having already pointed to such a trend.

Offers being made would have been unthinkable even as recently as May. In some instances there is 25% off, but even with this reduction the hotels are not being filled. ...

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Meanwhile, airport traffic has been increasing. The airports authority Aena puts this down to tourists staying for shorter periods, a point that was made a few weeks ago by Alvaro Middelmann,...
Shorter stays mean more people but less hotel occupancy was his point.
... see full articles on the MDB website

mike_dublin 07-08-2018 07:14
https://majorcadailybulletin.com/new...n-vicente.html

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Xisco Mas, president of the local residents association, is leading complaints about the number of wild goats roaming freely in Cala San Vicente. He says that the goats pose a threat to people and the general environment, including damage to dry-stone walls. The problem, he adds, is not new but has been increasing in recent years. He blames the environment ministry for its inactivity in tackling the problem.

Goats have been an issue elsewhere in Pollensa, especially in Puerto Pollensa. The closure of a finca and an authorised cull has made them less of an issue in the Boquer area.

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El Gordo 12-08-2018 09:31
Fines of 200 euros for ignoring Formentor traffic restriction:

Majorca Daily Bulletin

JPALCOVER 12-08-2018 13:20
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Originally Posted by mike_dublin (Post 123957)
Nothing like a few official numbers from the statistical institute of the Balearic Islands:

Estadísticas del turismo-Por islas

These are the official figures for “tourist entries"

2011 TOTAL MALLORCA: 8.926 M (From: Germany: 3.309; UK: 1.899)
2012 TOTAL MALLORCA: 9.174 M (From: Germany: 3.451; UK: 1.986)
2013 TOTAL MALLORCA: 9.480 M (From: Germany: 3.710; UK: 2.106)
2014 TOTAL MALLORCA: 9.650 M (From: Germany: 3.731; UK: 2.166)
2015 TOTAL MALLORCA: 9.978 M (From: Germany: 3.740; UK: 2.229)
2016 TOTAL MALLORCA:10.907 M (From: Germany: 4.188; UK: 2.289)
2017 TOTAL MALLORCA: 11.637 M (From: Germany: 4.434; UK: 2.316)

2017 TOTAL MALLORCA (6 Months): 4.836 M (From: Germany: 1.983; UK: 950)
2018 TOTAL MALLORCA (6 Months): 4.910 M (From: Germany: 1.856; UK: 949)

Difficult to defend the point of view that the trend is downwards!

July and August may be less positive than in previous years, but this still has to be confirmed with "Hard Numbers".

Furthermore, what is more interesting is "revenue from tourists" (as opposed to "number of tourists"). The Illa d'Or seems to have understood that!

Ever since I started looking at Balearic tourism figures in 1986 (after working for a major tourism operator of the island), I do not recall one year when the locals did not complain in the summer that “tourism was going down” and then, lo and behold, when the official figures came out the following year, agree that “it was a better year than last”!

Luckjon 15-08-2018 16:38
Drugs den raid in Puerto Pollensa

https://majorcadailybulletin.com/new...ugs-swoop.html

Sparky 11-09-2018 09:35
From the UH :-

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Cala Barques, in Pollença, loses half of its sand, hammocks and parasols for a 'torrenteda.

The beach of Cala Barques (Pollença) lost on Monday half of its sand , hammocks and umbrellas for the effects of the storm that left at dawn important rains in the area. On the beach flows a torrent that dragged rocks and plant material and the force of the water took away much of the beach furniture.

The Neighborhood Association of Port de Pollença (concessionaire of the beach) worked throughout the morning to clear the area as much as possible. It was not the only effect that the storm had in Pollença.

The increased flow in the torrents caused traffic problems in different roads and the release of two large rocks in Cala Carbó, without causing casualties.
The original report can be seen here :- https://ultimahora.es/noticias/part-...orrentada.html

sws97sdg 11-09-2018 19:41
We saw the torrent flowing for the first time ever, never seen it even in the winter

mike_dublin 03-10-2018 07:58
https://majorcadailybulletin.com/new...disappear.html

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The holiday rentals association Habtur has presented its submissions related to the Council of Majorca's PIAT plan for intervention in tourism areas. The association considers the plan to be "another measure" against the holiday rentals sector. Its president, Joan Miralles, said yesterday that the current period of government (since 2015) "should have been a time to regulate activity, but instead each step moves towards prohibition".

The most important challenge that Habtur is making has to do with the limit on the number of accommodation places. PIAT is the legislative device for establishing limits, and at present this means 430,000 in Majorca, of which 315,000 are hotel places. There is, however, no mechanism for recovering rentals places for properties that had been licensed prior to legislation coming into effect.

Habtur puts a figure of 90,000 on these places, these all being legal places in stand-alone properties such as villas. The point about these properties is that if an owner decides at some point to withdraw a property from the holiday rentals market and de-registers the places, these places cannot then be made available to any other owner. ...

The association is more positive about policies such as energy efficiency for holiday rentals properties, but it is concerned that some requirements contained in PIAT will mean owners who already have licences having to give them up.

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mike_dublin 05-10-2018 07:53
https://majorcadailybulletin.com/new...re-easing.html

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Data from the Balearics Statistics Institute show that the highest number of people on the islands in July was 1,982,406 on the 24th of that month. This was lower than last year's record for July (2,033,640) and also down on the maximum in July 2016 - 1,996,146. If there has been a perception that there have been fewer tourists this year, then the institute's figures back this up.

The numbers for August are not available yet. This is the month when the annual maximum is typically registered. On 9 August last year the figure was 2,078,276. It is unlikely that this will have been exceeded this year.

Over the course of 2018, the trend has been down. The only exception was March. Easter led to a marked increase in the number of visitors.

Statistics for human pressure have been gathered since 1997. In that year the maximum (it was in August) was 1,364,594. The registered population of the Balearics has grown from 796,483 to 1,128,139, the figure at the start of this year. The minimum human pressure so far this year was on 8 January - 1,131,953.

sws97sdg 10-10-2018 06:51
Terrible news overnight, 2 dead and 20 missing in the floods, 200 litres of rain fell per m2, thoughts going out to all affected, terrifying videos and pictures on Facebook, scenes of disaster like you see in other parts of the world and not our beloved Mallorca

Doogz1874 10-10-2018 07:28
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Originally Posted by sws97sdg (Post 124837)
Terrible news overnight, 2 dead and 20 missing in the floods, 200 litres of rain fell per m2, thoughts going out to all affected, terrifying videos and pictures on Facebook, scenes of disaster like you see in other parts of the world and not our beloved Mallorca
Just seen some of the footage on Facebook - absolutely horrific.
Already seen other reports showing the number of dead as 4 or 5 and fear it'll only get worse.

sws97sdg 10-10-2018 09:08
Latest reports are 5 dead and 15 missing, so sad!

Reports now saying 2 of the dead are from the UK travelling in a taxi, taxi driver also feared dead


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