Balearic Islands: 57,681 go abroad in May, France leads

Across the Balearic Islands, 57,681 residents travel abroad in May, with France drawing the largest group: 13,282 people. Italy follows with 9,314 and Germany with 6,979. The figures come from a mobile-phone-based tourism study published on Wednesday by Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE).

The United Kingdom is the destination for 5,723 residents, while 3,779 travel to Portugal.

Journeys within Spain

In July, 136,463 Balearic residents visit another Spanish region. Catalonia receives the most, at 30,848, followed by the Madrid region with 26,731. Andalusia receives 20,551 and the Valencia region 17,378.

Travel runs the other way, too. In May, 262,756 people from elsewhere in Spain visit the Balearic Islands. The largest groups come from Catalonia (86,025) and the Madrid region (49,542), followed by the Valencia region (34,189) and Andalusia (28,358).

The institute’s figures for foreign tourists arriving in the Balearics are less recent: they run only to December 2025. That month, 207,317 foreign tourists arrive, including 93,198 German nationals.

Topics: Tourism

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com