The sales of touroperators for Ibiza and Formentera rise 20% this summer

Optimism in the hotel sector because of the good perspectives, that also has extend to the market of the independent tourism. The airport receives 25% more of reservations of landing slots on the part of airlines.

The president of the Hotel Federation, Pedro Matutes, maintains the prudence on tourist season 2006, although all the indicators are positive. "an increase of slots Is predicted (reservations of airport spaces) which they are equivalent to a million more of passengers, a 25% of increase with respect to the last year", explains Matutes, that clarifies even though always is a difference to the loss between the spaces of air operation reserved by the companies and what it is really used after the season. "Anyway, we are going to find an important increase". Matutes shows his optimism with respect to the reserves of tourist packages, since the numbers of the study of the ACNielsen consultant as much show an increase in the German market as in the British. "the Italian market becomes stabilized and the Spanish will experience an increase", explains the hotelkeeper. The most important increase for Ibiza and Formentera at the moment is the one of the British tourism. "By its volume and importance, a growth of a 4 percent is very significant", emphasized Matutes. Plus, the report of AC Nielsen stated increases in the reserves of a 20 percent in the case of the German market, and of a 17 percent in the British with respect to the same dates of the last year. "Part of the tourists that were going towards the Eastern Mediterranean has changed to the islands,due to the complicated situation of these countries", the hotelkeeper confirmed. More frequencies On the other hand, the hotelkeeper also emphasizes the important increase of frequencies as much on the part of the regular airline companies like of those of low cost that only works with Ibiza and Formentera during the summer season. "This increase demonstrates that the airline companies expect to transport more clients that travel on their own", it asserts, and it adds that even the trips chartered by touroperadores qualify free seats that are sold of separated way for people who do not buy package and travel by free. In this sense, the airport of Ibiza counts already on the schedules of the season, of April to October of a 2006, that reveal a remarkable increase of companies of low cost operating in Ibiza and Formentera, as well as increase of the frequencies available in comparison with other summers. This is the case of EasyJet, Germanwings, Vueling Airlines, Air Madrid and Ryanair, among others. Like every year, the companies chartered by the touroperadores have reserved space of operation in the airport, as it is the case of Thomas Cook Airlines, Tui Airlines, Mytravel and Thomsonfly. The forecasts of these touroperadores are of clear increase. Far from letting itself take by the good perspective, Matutes considers that the most important thing now is "to work so that the visitors who come this year gets a pleasing impression of the island and wish to repeat".

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Good weather in Ibiza until the Easter Friday

The Easter in Ibiza and Formentera is going to be characterized by the atmospheric instability, in spite of three days of good weather beging today until Friday, during which resident and visitors will be able to enjoy good temperatures. Saturday rains will be able to take place since there will appear clouds. The showers, in any case, will be weak and could extend until Sunday and Monday. In these three previous days to the weekend they are going away to recover the good temperatures after the thermometric decent of yesterday. Values similar to those of the last days that oscillated between the 22.6 and 19.9 degrees of Maximum temperature, with 10 or 12 degrees of minimum will be registered. According to the general inferences for these celebrations conducted by the National Institute of Meteorologia (INM), the atmosphere will remain stable until the Sacred Friday, when a cold front crosses the Peninsula causing an increase of the cloudiness and precipitations, that will become general Sunday and Monday. The anticyclone of Azores will extend Wednesday and tomorrow by all Peninsula and Balears causing atmospheric stability and preferredly little cloudiness, except for small clouds of diurnal evolution. As of Friday, a cold front will mainly cross the Peninsula causing an increase of the cloudiness and precipitations that will be extended by the peninsular west area of the Straits, reaching on the 15th regions in Balears.

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The Plaça d´Art of Vara del Rey in Ibiza opens its doors

The fair of Plaça d´Art opens today its doors at eleven in the morning under the carp of Vara del Rey although the official inauguration will be carried out later. A concert with pieces of Mozart will be played by students of the Conservatory of Music of Ibiza is predicted that this will be follow by a route through the stands by the the authorities. The fair will remain open until the 23 of April and in her 25 craftsmen participate, some of them coming from the peninsula.

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Ibiza : Santa Eulalia Nautical fair from the 29 of April to the 1 of May

XIV the edition of the Nautical Fair, organized by the Nautical Association of Ibiza and Formentera, will be celebrated from Saturday 29 of April to Monday 1 of May in the Sport Port of Santa Eulària. The schedule of the sample will be of 11 to 20 hours during the three days that the exhibition will last. About twenty exhibitors will participate in the event, in which they will show all type of products related to the sea, from diverse types of boats, naval motors, tows, accessories and electronic devices to publications specialized in the subject. The official inauguration of the Fair will be the 29 of April at 13 hours in the own Sport Port of Santa Eulària.

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