Brits are turning their back on bars and restaurants in Majorca while fewer people overall are heading to the Spanish holiday island from the UK, according to new data
Brits have been “boycotting” restaurants on traditional favourite holiday spot Majorca causing locals to panic.
Spanish holidays have been in the news this year with locals in tourist locations like the Balearic islands and Tenerife protesting about the number of visitors and how it is affecting locals whether it be due to drunken behaviour or pushing up prices.
And it appears as though rising prices are also now a problem for visitors as they can no longer afford to eat out while in Majorca on holiday.
New research shows that while there’s also been a drop in the number of British tourists generally visiting the island. A study 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. But 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.
While there have been fewer Brits going 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, reported BirminghamLive. 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 Majorca, 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.”
