Panic in Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca as tourists abandon restaurants over high prices

The 2025 summer season in Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca has seen a dramatic slump compared with the last few years, with restaurants and bars taking a large chunk of the hit. According to a Barcelona-based data analytics company, bars and restaurants in the Balearics have suffered greater loss of custom than in any other Spanish region over the course of the tourism season.

In its Restaurant Results in summer 2025 report, Delectatech, a company which specialises in data for the hospitality sector, points to a direct link between a fall in occupancy and a "prolonged rise in prices". This comes to a loss of 4.2%, according to the Majorca Daily Bulletin, while other popular areas of the country, such as Andalusia and Extremadura, have registered increases of 1-3%. "The upward trend in southern regions of Spain, such as Andalusia, and in less touristy areas, is related to greater affordability, which attracts demand to these destinations," the report added.