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  1. Getting It Wrong: Tourism promotion

    12.5.2011Getting It Wrong: Tourism promotion

    Not promoting to the Spanish market but promoting a questionable concept. Why tourism marketing can go wrong.

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  2. In One Piece: Crossing the road

    11.5.2011In One Piece: Crossing the road

    Why did the tourist cross the road?

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  3. And You Will Go To Mykonos

    10.5.2011And You Will Go To Mykonos

    In Greece they have problems promoting cultural tourism. If they can't do it, then how can anywhere else?

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  4. Poster Boys: Local elections

    9.5.2011Poster Boys: Local elections

    The posters for the local elections suddenly appeared overnight. Their emergence is all a bit of a "fiesta".

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  5. Close To You: Tourist supermarkets

    7.5.2011Close To You: Tourist supermarkets

    The number of tourist supermarkets is increasing, but you wonder why.

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  6. The Gay Bull Of Majorca

    4.5.2011The Gay Bull Of Majorca

    In Majorca, the Osborne bull has been the target of a paint job. A gay paint job.

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  7. War: What Is It Good For?

    2.5.2011War: What Is It Good For?

    If you are looking to start a war, then who better than someone who bears the name.

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  8. Ordinary People: Muro

    1.5.2011Ordinary People: Muro

    How many of you know the town of Muro? Not the Playa de Muro resort that is mistakenly believed to be part of Alcúdia, but the town itself, some ten kilometres inland.

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  9. Manners Maketh Mate

    30.4.2011Manners Maketh Mate

    Go into a British bar and you will almost certainly be addressed, if you are male, as "mate". What is it with these terms of familiarity?

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  10. Keep It Simple: Design

    29.4.2011Keep It Simple: Design

    "The Bulletin" has been re-designed. As part of a stable that boasts the Catalan daily "dBalears", which won an award for its makeover, the result of this re-design should be positive.

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  11. Zoo Time: El Clásico

    28.4.2011Zoo Time: El Clásico

    It was El Clásico on Wednesday night. Again. You couldn't avoid it or the boards that were chalked up outside bars. If there is one Spanish football match that tourists would know about and might want to watch, it is Real Madrid and Barcelona.

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  12. Nostalgia Trip: The wedding

    27.4.2011Nostalgia Trip: The wedding

    The wedding is nearly upon us and so is the street party. For the little Britons in Majorca.

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