9 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30
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Your summer getaway to Mallorca could be a THIRD more expensive according to tourism bosses

September tourist numbers set for record high on Spain's Mallorca
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Holidays to Mallorca could become a third more expensive than last year as the island seeks to ditch ‘budget Brits’.

Juan Ferrer, president of action group Palma Beach Quality Offensive, made the warning to German newspaper Bild, adding: “Due to the island’s location, prices on Mallorca rise even more than on the mainland.”

Efforts to restrict tourist numbers, limit hotel beds and chase a higher-spending tourist are only going to see such inflationary pressures continue, Ferrer concluded.

With visitor numbers already exceeding their 2019 pre-Covid peak, planners are looking to reduce numbers, target higher-spending tourists and – crucially – cut their dependence on Brits.

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Walter Finch

Walter Finch, is the Digital Editor of the Olive Press and occasional roaming photographer who started out at the Daily Mail.
Born in London but having lived in six countries, he is well-travelled and worldly. He studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and earned his NCTJ diploma in journalism from London's renowned News Associates during the Covid era.
He got his first break working on the Foreign News desk of the Daily Mail's online arm, where he also helped out on the video desk due to previous experience as a camera operator and filmmaker.
He then decided to escape the confines of London and returned to Spain in 2022, having previously lived in Barcelona for many years.

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