Travel/Tourism news & information for Balearic Islands

SPAIN'S holiday hotspots may soon be saying willkommen to some of its second-home owners from abroad – and transport minister José Luis Ábalos is in talks with Berlin about the possibility.

BOOZY holidays in the Balearics could soon become a thing of the past now that the regional government has outlawed all tourism and commercial activities that encourage excess drinking.

BALEARIC tourism authorities are seeking to encourage and reassure British holidaymakers that the region remains a safe, quality destination through its presence at one of the planet's largest trade fairs in the...

A MANCHESTER woman ended up stranded in Ibiza after getting drunk at a christening and boarding a plane with nothing but her debit card and a mobile phone – something she has very little memory of.

A STOMACH bug 'doing the rounds' led to 300 passengers on a German cruise ship being treated by doctors flown in from the central European country this week.

A CONSUMER protection board in the Balearic Islands has criticised Ryanair for not allowing Spain's offshore residents to apply the 75% discount they are entitled to by law for flights to the mainland.

LOW-COST airline Ryanair has reportedly fired four flight attendants who said they had flown more than the legal maximum number of hours, and allegedly sent a memo to the rest of its cabin crew warning similar attitudes...

YET another Jet2 flight to Spain has had to be diverted due to rowdy stag party passengers – the second in two weeks.

CRACKDOWNS have already started in key 'booze and beach' holiday destinations in Mallorca which could relieve young tourists of all their spending money if they act in an anti-social fashion.

EUROPEAN Parliament has agreed to look into a complaint about low-cost carrier Ryanair's seating families apart.

PASSENGERS partying too hard on a Belfast-Ibiza flight forced an emergency landing in Toulouse, south-western France last night (Friday).

BALEARIC Island consumer authorities have opened a case against Ryanair for its customer service telephone line being a premium-rate 902 number.