The gap between high earners and people who can only afford vacations on their own balcony is widening.
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Berlin This message is likely to shock Germany’s package holidaymakers just in time for the start of the world’s largest tourism trade fair ITB this Tuesday: “The Mallorca holiday”, announced Juan Ferrer, a prominent tourism manager on the Spanish island, “will be 33 percent more expensive this year than last year. “This applies to restaurants as well as hotels and flights, he said at the weekend.
The Germans’ favorite island is by no means the only holiday destination that wants to get rid of cheap tourists. New Zealand’s Minister of Tourism, Stuart Nash, announced a few weeks ago that motorhome vacationers were not welcome in his country. Instead of the self-caterers “who only spend ten dollars a day on instant noodle soup”, he would like “financial tourists” as an alternative. Indonesia’s government is even considering imposing a backpacker travel ban on the island of Bali.
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