Proposed hikes in VAT have caused an uproar in Mallorca and all across the Balearics recently. A government plan to hike VAT from 8% to 18% this Friday when the new budget is announced had led many spokespeople and workers within the tourism industry to complain, saying that tourism in Majorca and the other Balearic [...]
Mallorca Rocks is back with its most exciting bill to date; a truly incredible array of the most in-demand festival headliners, music pioneers and best breakthrough artists set to take over the Balearics every Tuesday during the 16 week-long, sun-drenched series of open-air gigs at the Mallorca Rocks Hotel. Opening with the incredible Ed Sheeran in June and closing [...]
MALLORCA was the Spanish tourist resort which registered the highest number of overnight hotel stays last year, with 41.6 million, new National Statistics Institute estimates reveal. Almost six and a half million tourists visited the island during 2011, of which 5.5 million were foreign residents. Regionally the Balearics were only topped by the Canary Islands. [...]
Spain is expected to enjoy a significant tourism boost this year as Brits search for good value holidays. According to new research, the country’s resorts will pull in a significant number of tourists in 2012 thanks to falling prices. The increasing strength of the pound against the euro is making destinations across the eurozone more [...]
The eighth Jazz Voyeur Festival will be taking place on the 23rdof November in the city of Palma and is a wonderful event for music lovers and, in particular fans, of Jazz. The event gives visitors and residents of Mallorca a great chance to catch some of top artists and bands of the genre. From its inception [...]
