Shorouk Express In less than a month, Palma de Mallorca Airport will be the fifth airport in Spain to start using the EU’s Entry/Exit System for third-country travellers, a real test for the new border checks given the millions of British tourists that visit the island every year. The EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) for…
Shorouk Express Mallorca continues its fight against overtourism with rules to prohibit new tourist apartments, party boats and the creation of new hostels in the capital of Palma. Authorities in Palma, the capital of the island of Mallorca, have announced they want to introduce a complete ban on new tourist rentals in the city, as…
Shorouk Express Several environmental and resident groups on the Spanish island of Mallorca have sent an open letter to tourists in four languages asking them not to visit because they are “the source” of the problems the island is experiencing. “Mallorca is not the paradise they are selling you,” states the letter signed by SOS…
Shorouk Express Another day, another wave of misguided sensationalist British newspaper headlines about the Spanish tourism sector. More specifically, outrage about new rules set to be implemented on the Balearic island of Mallorca that, according to several outlets, mean tourists will be “treated like animals”. The headlines, pushed by some English-language tabloids in Spain and…
