Majorca restaurants in crisis with ‘worst’ summer as guests eat pizza in their rooms | World | News
Majorka faces a “hospitality crisis”, similar to the 2007 financial crisis. Miguel Carrió, President of Palma’s Paseo Mallorca Restaurants Association, said “Palma Full” that visitors chose to spend their money differently when it comes to food and drink.
Since June last year, statements from the restaurant industry of Balear Island stressed a constant decline. Last month, Juanmi Ferrer, President of the CAEB Restaurants Association, said, “We haven’t had a very bad summer since my pande.” In the second half of July, he admitted that there was an upward rise in the business world, and last year, the income was still fell. “You see that tourists stay in four -star hotels, 300 € one night,” Mr. Carrió said. “But they don’t go to bars or restaurants.”
Instead, tourists routinely go to local supermarkets and the prepared food section.
“They take a loaf of bread and a slice of pizza to eat in their rooms.”
“The cost of flight tickets is 1,000 €; there is 200 € for a night. How much is 5,000 €? 5,000 € 5,000 €?
Although large companies can add the gap with the necessary resources, Mr. Carrió said that small businesses on holiday islands will lose.
“Someone who buys a small coffee shop or a food truck operated by a married couple and pays 5,000 euros as a self -employed person is taking a lot of risk.” He said.
According to local authorities, this news beach businesses come as a 20% decrease in revenues because tourists leave popular hot points once. For July, the figures are surprising compared to the previous year and are responsible for increasing flight tickets and hotel costs by the Association of Temporary Services and Operations of Majorka’s maritime-coal public field (EMPAIRRA).
Onofre Fornés, President of Emneruma, added that “irresponsible negative messages against tourism” “damage” the perception of Mayorka as a holiday place and has a direct impact on the income of the sector.
