| Young Europeans flock to Ibiza for the island's | | | | as the quiet one, the type of island where you |
| clubs and nightlife, and they are quite happy to | | | | take your family on holiday if there aren't any mid |
| pay for it. | | | | to late teens who need entertaining, which would |
| Often still living at home, and with plenty of | | | | be more suited to Majorca. Ibiza is well known in |
| disposable income, young Brits, Italians and | | | | Europe as a clubbing destination.' |
| Germans are spending more per person on their | | | | Menorca villas are often let out to holidaymakers, |
| trips than the conventional family on their villa and | | | | with the season generally running from May to |
| hotel breaks on neighbouring islands Menorca and | | | | end September. |
| Majorca. | | | | As part of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca has |
| But perhaps the biggest surprise is that the | | | | welcomed many visitors back to live full time on |
| amount of time spent on Ibiza by each tourist is | | | | the island. Menorca property has proved popular |
| longer than on Menorca and Majorca - destroying | | | | too, for those looking for a gentler pace of life |
| the myth that Ibiza is primarily for long weekends | | | | than big sister Mallorca. |
| or short trips for a couple of nights in the club. | | | | Property prices in Mallorca are similar to Menorca |
| The findings by the Balearics Tourist Authority | | | | property, with a range of apartments and villas in |
| show that after Ibiza, Menorca visitors stay on | | | | both rural and town locations, and with twenty |
| average for 11 days, with Majorca just behind. | | | | golf courses plenty of golf course developments |
| And the same pattern emerges for spending per | | | | too on Mallorca. |
| day, with Ibiza top, Majorca second, and Majorca | | | | Menorca has just the one golf course, recently |
| last. | | | | extended to eighteen holes, and is located in Son |
| The amount spent by Ibiza tourists averaged 94 | | | | Park, which has a choice of hotels, apartments |
| Euros a day - a huge contribution to the island's | | | | and villas for holiday makers. |
| economy. | | | | The cost of flying to Mallorca has come down in |
| Commenting on the figures, a Menorca travel | | | | recent years from most European countries due |
| guide says both sets of figures will surprise many | | | | to low cost airlines, especially in the island's core |
| who steer away from Ibiza because of her | | | | tourist areas of the United Kingdom and |
| reputation. | | | | Germany, and last year easyJet started direct |
| Family Island | | | | flights from London's Gatwick Airport to the sister |
| 'Of the three Balearic Islands, Menorca is known | | | | island of Menorca, as well as serving Mallorca itself. |