The Spanish island of Mallorca has always been appealing to foreign buyers and now even more so as law firms and estate agents are selling it as an "inheritance paradise".
For the last few years, residents of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera have been fighting against overtourism, leading to several mass protests. Now, a radical new plan has been put forward.
PP and Vox representatives in the Balearic Islands parliament this week voted down a proposal to limit property purchases by non-residents, the latest in a series of measures drawn up to try and combat market stresses on the archipelago.
New data shows that foreigners are buying almost half of all homes in Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera, amid calls by Spanish authorities and disgruntled locals for limits to be placed on overseas property buyers.
In less than a month, Palma de Mallorca Airport will be the fifth airport in Spain to start using the EU’s Entry/Exit System for third-country travellers, a real test for the new border checks given the millions of British tourists that visit the island every year.
Mallorca has long been the favourite place in Spain for German tourists, residents and second homeowners, but recent data suggest that the Mediterranean island is losing its appeal among its main tourism market.
Faced with a summer surge of tourists overwhelming the public health system, doctors on Spain's Balearic Islands are calling for holidaymakers to pay to have access to emergency medical services in state-run health centres.
Faced with a housing crisis, the regional government in the Balearic Islands on Tuesday approved plans to allow the construction of new homes on rural land where building was previously banned, including in a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Spain's island of Ibiza -- a hugely popular Mediterranean destination -- from Sunday started limiting the number of incoming tourist cars and caravans because of the huge numbers of visitors it gets.
Non-resident foreigners and Spanish nationals with homes on Mallorca will only be allowed one vehicle per property as local authorities look for ways to address the Spanish island’s overtourism and traffic problems.
Spain’s right-wing parties have rejected a proposal brought forward in the Congress and Senate to limit foreigners in the country’s two archipelagos from buying properties, with Vox labelling the move “xenophobic”.
The regional government of the Balearic Islands has come out against calls from the Canary Islands for EU help to restrict foreigners from buying homes, despite both archipelagos suffering mass tourism and property market crises.
Foreigners are increasingly moving to Spain's Balearic Islands but not paying their fair share of taxes as residents, the country's tax authorities have warned.
Authorities on the Spanish islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera are looking to implement numerous measures to combat mass tourism, from taxing rental cars and vehicles from the mainland to fining illegal tourist flat owners €500,000.
Protesters on the Spanish island of Mallorca have defaced an iconic Osborne bull billboard with a message reading “Rich Foreign Property Buyers Go to Hell”, as the Spanish government eyes a possible supertax or total ban on non-EU non-resident buyers.
The Balearic Islands new scheme will enable tenants to get a 30 percent reduction on rents, assumed by the government, and landlords will be able to benefit from advance lump sum payments. Here's how it works and where to apply.
Left-wing political party Més per Mallorca has proposed a new bill to restrict the sale of second homes on the popular Balearic Island, only allowing resident buyers.
Spanish police said Friday they found a body where a British hiker went missing after flash floods in Mallorca, three days after the missing Brit's partner was found dead.
A British hiker has been found dead and another is missing on the Spanish island of Mallorca after heavy rains swept over the popular tourist destination, emergency services said Wednesday.
A protected natural area on the Spanish island of Ibiza has turned into a place for illegal parties, with revellers leaving behind trash and the hoards of daily visitors endangering endemic species.
Climate activists on Tuesday spray-painted a mansion on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza belonging to Argentina football star Lionel Messi to highlight the "responsibility of the rich for the climate crisis".
Hollywood actor Michael Douglas has given his views on the over-tourism problems plaguing his “second home” - Mallorca - pointing the finger at Airbnbs and car rental companies on the Spanish island.
Some 20,000 protesters hit the streets of Palma de Mallorca Sunday for another mass demonstration against overtourism, demanding changes to a tourism model they say is harming the Spanish Mediterranean island.
