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ISSUE NO. 1469
29 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2013
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Russian inquiry RUSSIAN authorities are investigating a Russian millionaire based in Palma for alleged fraud of several million euros. They have requested help from the local courts. POSITIVE TOURISM: Record hotel occupancy levels are expected for August and September.
Bumper summer for Mallorcan hoteliers RECORD hotel occupancy levels are expected in Mallorca for August and September. The same positive results are also expected for tourist
expenditure and for passengers at the port and airport. Many of the main tour operators cancelled all flights to Cairo until mid-
Fraudulent online art sale A MAN, 47, was arrested for trying to sell a forged painting, supposedly by an artist from Mallorca, online. The artist herself went to the Guardia Civil in Sineu to report that a painting was on sale on a website selling second-hand goods and the seller attributed it to her, although she had not painted it. She said that her works are only sold in exhibitions in specialised art galleries and that they fetch considerably more than the seller was asking. Guardia Civil arranged a meeting with the seller, a man from the Dominican Republic, who was identified and arrested in Illetes.
September which had a positive effect for tourism in the Balearic Islands, attracting more visitors from Germany, Britain, Scandinavian, France and Russia. Data from May, June and July place Mallorca as the leading destination in Spain for hotel occupancy and tourist expenditure. The most popular areas are Playa de Palma, Peguera, Santa Ponsa, Alcudia-Can Picafort, Cala d’Or, Capdepera, Palmanova-Magaluf, Cala Major, Son Servera and Cala Millor. September is expected to be the most positive month, as it attracts tourists with higher spending power to the islands. In July, tourists in the Balearic Islands spent €2.05 billion, the best in Spain.
Get out! HOTELS have thrown out a total of 219 tourists in Palmanova and Magaluf this year for rowdy behaviour, by causing damage and disturbing other guests, according to the local hoteliers’ association.
Still waiting THE MES per Palma political coalition has complained that tourism discount cards planned for the city which were due to be available two years ago and still aren’t.
Sex pest A MAN, 57, was arrested in Palma for allegedly paying children aged between 13 and 17, fees in order to sexually abuse them in his home.