Tourism change and management in Mallorca
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- Tourism Change and management in Mallorca
- Largest of the Balearic Islands
- East Coast of Spain
- Hot Dry summers
- Mild winters
- Tourist attraction since mid 19C
- Wealthy tourists from Northern Europe
- 1960s - mass tourism began on the island
- Meant significant changes in Mallorca
- one of the earliest to experience
- demand for foreign holidays increased
- result of improvements in living standards and introduction of paid holidays
- Value of Spanish Currency - relative low
- 1960- 400,000 tourists arrived
- 1973- 3.5million
- 2008- I million
- 1973- 3.5million
- tourist development was centred around the costal areas
- annually some 1.7 million tourist visit resorts of Magulf, Palma Nova, Santa Ponsa and Peguera
- Calvia - well suited to the development
- 60km of beaches
- Close to international airport at Palma
- traditional low income farming economy of Mallorca
- Prospect of better jobs in the hotels and other tourist facilities was welcomed by most
- rapid increase in the number of hotels
- Little regard was given to the long term impact on environment or indeed the quality of the tourist experience
- Largest of the Balearic Islands
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