FOOD,DRINK & TRAVEL Record

Arrivals

TOURIST arrivals to the Balearics soared to a record oneand-a-half million in April.

In total, there were 1.48 million visitors during the month - 13% more than April 2022 and comfortably beating the 2019 pre-pandemic figure of 1.31 million. This continues the trend seen so far this year. From the start of January to the end of April the islands have welcomed 2.5 million tourists - beating the previous record for the period of 2.4 million set in 2019.

Socialist Balearic President Francina Armengol had pledged to bring in measures to curb tourism, fearing the sheer numbers were overwhelming services.

But the victory of Marga Prohens, who is expected to be the new conservative PP leader of the regional government, may see a reversal of these policies.