Majorca has been left frantically panicking as UK tourists “boycott” restaurants. Majorca has long been a popular holiday spot for Brits – but rising costs could be driving them away, European Union experts fear, as we head towards Christmas.
New research from Trtl Travel reveals that the island has dropped down the list of holiday spots searched by people in the UK, falling behind Cyprus, Ibiza and Nice in France. Mark Tanzer, chief executive of ABTA, said the appetite for travel looks set to continue into next year, with 64% of people planning to take a trip overseas.
Graeme Buck, director of communications at the association, added that many of those travelling abroad in 2025 were “looking for new experiences” rather than simply heading back to destinations they are familiar with, showing Majorca may be in trouble.
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It comes as new data shows that while there’s been a drop in the number of British tourists and visitors from mainland Spain to Majorca, there’s been a surge in German tourists – but they’re not spending as much while they’re there due to increased hotel prices.
The managing editor of the Majorca Daily Bulletin Jason Moore wrote that a “record number of tourists came to Mallorca on holiday last summer” but says that bar and restaurant takings are down by at least 20 per cent in the Balearic Island.
Mr Moore said: “Tourists came on holiday but with higher hotel prices their budget was limited. It was a question of full hotels and half-empty bars and restaurants.” He also said that the number of British tourists going to the Balearics in July was down by 10 per cent.
He also warned the number of Spanish mainlanders fell by 13 per cent but added that there was a big increase in German tourism. He added: “For Mallorca, at a time when a sizeable number of local residents are complaining about too many tourists, it was a worst-case scenario last summer; more tourists but spending less.
“What the majority of people want is less tourists spending more.”
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