A countrywide campaign to stage Ibiza as a great holiday destination to the key clients Great Britain, Germany and Italy is being launched. Yesterday, an agreement of 450’000 Euros was signed by Joan Mesquida, the Secretary of State for Tourism and Francesc Buils, Balearic minister for Tourism. Xicu Tarres, the head of Ibiza’s Island Council [...]
The Sa Nostra banking foundation’s Economic and Social report of the people living in the Balearics for the year 2007 to be released next week suggests that the more amount of wastage is produced in the Balearic Islands than any region in Spain. A group led by Antoni Riera found out that each person on [...]
The Mediterranean Shipping Association is going to launch an automated SMS warning system that will alert the captains of various ships on the sea around Majorca regarding any dangerous incidents round the corner. This move is expected to make the sea a safer place. ADN plans to establish this service across Spain by next month. [...]
Some sections of the tourism industry in Majorca are not as cheerful this year as the previous ones. Reports show that the leading hoteliers of Calvia are worried about the state of tourism as very few hotels are planning to open this year. Leading tourism experts say that in many hotels, the prices had to [...]
This year, 42 people died so far in road accidents in the Balearics. This number is 16 less than that of last year. In 2007, the number was 58, which means that the death rate in road accidents has gone down by 27.5 percent. According to the information released by General Traffic Directorate, Palma yesterday, [...]
Yesterday, Macia Blazquez, the president of ecological watchdog of the Balearics, GOB, challenged Francesc Triay, the head of APB, Balearic Ports Authority, to let the people of Majorca decide on how the Palma port should be extended and developed. He also blamed the APB for not revealing their future plans for the port. Macia Blazquez [...]
The State Tourism Department secretary Joan Mesquida and the director of Turespaña, Antonio Bernabé had attended the crisis committee meeting yesterday. The meeting was held by Miguel Sebastian, Minister for Tourism and Commerce, in which, a plan to attract international more tourists during the autumn-winter season was discussed. After the meeting, ministry resources said that [...]
Yesterday, Marratxi Council announced two day mourning for a passenger who died due to the air crash. He was a Portol resident The Balearic government had held a five minutes’ silence for all those who passed away in the accident.The pilot and the copilot, both of whom lived in Palma, also passed away in the [...]
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The amount of garbage collected from the beaches of Balearic Islands has reduced drastically. This July, the amount of waste material collected turned out to be 78.68% less than that in July 2007. Yesterday, an Environmental Ministry report confirmed that 55’925 kilos of litter was collected in July this year, while in July last year [...]
We just wanted to say that before you read this, please note that this is a report for the Costa Del Sol, not Mallorca. We have written it for the site because there are comments in the article by the Balearic Government. Tourists and people looking for business for sale in Majorca can rest easy. [...]