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'Ibiza needs tourism, but at what cost?'

Government
Martin Makepeace
23 March 2021

As predicted by many, including myself, the Balearic government announced last week that flights will arrive en masse from Germany over the Easter period.

The winner

This could change as Germany may go into another national lockdown, but the message has been received loud and clear by us all; we will open our borders at the drop of a hat for the tourist dollar no matter what the implications.

All this news comes as Germany reports "exponential growth" in infections, while Ibiza has managed to substantially bring down its numbers.

It hasn’t been easy to do – restaurants, bars and big stores have been closed for several weeks only reopening in the last few days, and movement has been restricted.

Ibiza has mainly done what it’s been told, most have played by the rules, and we are coming out on top.