Mallorca Expands Efforts to Attract More Visitors from Nordic Countries

Mallorca, Spain's Mallorca seeks to increase and increase tourism to the Nordic nations, Denmark and Norway, and Sweden for the purpose of attracting more tourists to Spain's islands.

In this respect in this regard, the Council of Majorca's director of tourism Lucia Escribano, as well as the president of the Mallorca Transport Consortium, Maarten van Bemmelen, along with the President of the Hoteliers Business Association, Maria Frontera, will meet with tour operators as well as local media from Denmark and Norway to draw visitors from these countries.

Travelers from Scandinavian countries make up the third-highest number of international visitors, just behind Germany as well as the United Kingdom.

However, the Coronavirus epidemic resulted in a dramatic decrease in the total number of tourists from abroad because of travel restrictions and other bans that were imposed to limit the spreading of the disease.

In 2019 the number of travelers from Scandinavian countries fell by 20 percent to 728,000.

Even though European countries remain extremely susceptible to the disease, specifically that of the Omicron variation, Spain, like many other nations, has begun to relax the restrictions that are imposed because of the Coronavirus.

Presently, several airlines operate routes and Mallorca's Council of Mallorca is responding to growing interest from Mallorca to be a viable travel destination.

According to the city councilor for tourism Andreu Serra, there are signs of optimism that suggest we are capable of helping the tourism industry get back to pre-pandemic levels.

HTML0"This is the ideal time to issue an open letter in the area of promotion" Serra pointed out in this context.

The Spanish government continues to try to assist the tourism industry recover from the harm caused by the Coronavirus and its latest strains.

Additionally, last month officials in Spain stated that they were expecting the tourism industry to grow in spring.

According to a top government official, officials in Spain anticipate the number of foreign tourists this year to be greater than two-thirds of the record numbers for 2019 according to a report released by Reuters.

"The 2022 predictions are very positive. What we do have is an immense motivation to go on a trip,"

The Coronavirus outbreak has left many people employed in Spain's tourism and travel sector without jobs over the last two years.

SchengenVisaInfo.com stated that last year around 202,000 people employed in the tourism and travel industry lost their jobs due to caused by the Coronavirus. This represents the equivalent of a 19.5 percent decrease in employment within this sector.