In a letter sent to Majorca Daily Bulletin one tourist who has been holidaying in Majorca for several years says he and his wife were “shocked at the lack of tourists” leading holidaymakers to question ‘where have all the tourists gone’.
The letter read: “In late April this year my wife and I, who are in our 70’s came to Puerto Pollensa for a 10 day holiday. As we have been coming here for a number of years and have become friendly with bar owners, shopkeepers and restaurant owners. We were quite shocked as they were all saying the same thing ‘Where have all the tourists gone?’.”
The tourist added that if trade does not pick up then many livelihoods are at risk.
The letter continued: “One shopkeeper told me how much he took for the weeks we were there last year compared to this year and he was 1/3rd down on last year and was concerned if things did not pick up.
Reading in the Majorca Bulletin, things have not changed and many livelihoods are at risk.”
Last month Juanmi Ferrer, president of the CAEB Restaurants Association, issued a stark warning that “hundreds of restaurants will close this year; the summer hasn’t been good”.
He added: “The situation is very difficult. We are very worried about businesses’ bottom lines. Many won’t be able to survive. We haven’t had such a bad summer since before the pandemic.”
Mr Ferrer states that on average the number of customers has dropped between 5% and 6%.