Ryanair have announced an ambitious plan to connect Ibiza to London Stansted, Bergamo in northern Italy and Girona with thrice weekly flights.
The company’s predictions are to bring around 120,000 passengers to Ibiza from the end of October 2008 to April 2009 confirming there is a market for winter holiday just about to be exploited.
With its mild winter Ibiza represents an excellent destination to enjoy sports like golf, hiking, cycling, fishing, horse riding and water sports like diving and windsurfing.
Hotels are already in talks with the Councillor for Ibiza Tourism to open throughout the winter and here at Ibizabound we will also be open all year around offering our properties for “off season” breaks.

After several months of delays, the fourth 5-star hotel in Ibiza, the Ibiza Gran Hotel, is finally due to open next week. The hotel, located opposite Pacha, will join the hotels, Hacienda Na Xamena, Fenicia and Mirador de Dalt Vila, as the only 5-star hotels on the island. The Ibiza Gran Hotel will have a staff of 150 people, a total of 157 suites, spa and casino and cost over €60 million.
A new five star hotel, Aguas de Ibiza, is due to open in Santa Eularia next October.

A recent study has shown Ibiza as one of the most densely populated town in Spain, with 3,800 inhabitants per square km. In total 42,884 people live in the 11 square km making up the capital.
This is one of the reasons, according to the Mayor Lourdes Costa, Ibiza Town should be re-classified and given capital status.
The sheer numbers of people living within the capital are even more startling, when compared to the numbers in other areas. On the island as a whole there are an average of 198 inhabitants per square kilometre, which rises to just 200 for the entire Balearics Islands. (Show me more…)

Ibiza confirms once again to be one of the most international place in Spain.
On the island the percentage of foreigners on total population reach up to 24.76 per cent with the Germans the most numerous with a total of 3,964 residents.
These are followed by the Argentinians (3,162), Moroccans (3,059), British (2,729) and Romanians (2,347).
San Juan is the municipality with the highest amount of non-Spanish residents with a total of 36.2 per cent, followed by Formentera (29.5 per cent) and Santa Eulalia (24.7 per cent).

A city without barriers: improving the quality of life of all the citizens and offering accessible, safe tourism to visitors is a priority for Eivissa Town Council.
For years Eivissa Town Council has been working on being a municipality universally accessible to all people, a city in which its citizens and visitors can get around the entire city safely and without difficulties.

The Town Hall has just produced an help-guide available in Catalan, Spanish, English and German and can be picked up from any one of the tourist information kiosks throughout the capital or can be downloaded here.

Ibiza Airport recorded new highs in 2007. A total of 4.7 million people passed last year through the terminal, an increase of 6.8%. Of these passengers 2.1 million were Spanish, 1.294 million were British. Peak time was Saturday 18th of August with an incredible 3.696 travellers passing through the facility.

According to official statistics Ibiza’s population increased of 3,3% in 2007, an additional 3790 inhabitants comparing to previous year, bringing the total residents up to 117,698.
In Formentera, population is now 8,442 inhabitants, a 6.1% increase on last year.
Ibiza airport registered in 2007 over 4.55 million passengers through its portals (they were 4.460.141 in 2006).
Official statistics also say that Ibiza rised to the 4th most expensive place to live in Spain right behind Madrid, Barcelona, and the Basque country.

The live music event “Ibiza Rock” that has taken Ibiza by storm over the past 3 years will be also a branded Hotel in San Antonio.
With 3 reburbished bars and swimming pools, a host of Ibiza Rocks added value and an unrivalled events programme, the Ibiza Rocks Hotel is destined to become the most talked about opening of 2008 in Ibiza. More info on their dedicated website.

Official statistics say that in August (the season’s busiest month) Ibiza airport handled almost 435,000 passengers. That’s a 16% increase on the 375,000 that arrived in August 2006.

After a difficult season Ibiza finally “produces” some good news. During the first nine months of the year crime in Ibiza Town have fallen 12%. Particularly bag snatching dropped nearly 52% and house break ins have been reduced of 30%.
Ibiza is now at the head of the crime fighting table on a national level with 48,6% of crimes reported being solved.
The Town all have also express its willingness to make Ibiza a tourist destination more accessible to people carrying disabilities. The creation of more disable parkings and the promotion of Ibiza towards disable tourism will also be backed by the Govern Balear.