Germany s dominance of Mallorca s tourism market is reportedly under threat from a new party - the Americans - and the German press is none too happy about it.
Cruise ships that only stop at ports in Spain have already been given the go ahead to stop in Mallorca and an announcement authorising
International cruises to dock in the Balearic Islands and other Spanish ports from the end of June was on the Spanish Prime Minister’s agenda on Friday at Fitur. But Pedro Sanchez decided not to upstage the presentation of the Digital Green Certificate.
Cruise tourism is considered a strategic Sector because of its economic impact in places where the ships dock and the Balearic Government was deeply disappointed that the announcement was sidelined. It plans to appeal to Madrid over the coming weeks to allow cruise ships from foreign ports to dock in Mallorca, Minorca and Ibiza as soon as possible.