We report the text of the Conseill Insular de Eivissa in regards of the cleaning tasks of the 3 beaches affected by the oil slick.

“The cleaning services of beaches are working thorough in 3 beaches affected by the hydrocarbon spill caused by the collapse of the Don Pedro Ship. The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Cristina Narbona, has visited this midday the affected beaches to verify the good operation of the collection tasks of the rest of fuel that arrives at the coast, and she has informed too that a total of 300 people is mobilized on earth, sea and air, who are working to diminish the impact of the incident. The Minister has visited beaches accompanied by the President of the Balearic Islands Government, Mr. Francesc Antich, by the President of the Consell Insular of Ibiza (local Government), Mr. Xico Tarrés; and by several other authorities of the different administrations involved.
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We’re having a rare season this year in Ibiza. After the closing of the major clubs for a month and the 4km oil slick threatening the coasts here another weird news. The owners of the six popular restaurants of ses Salinas and es Cavallet received last week a report called for their demolition. The proposal was released by the Environment Ministry concerned about the environmental conditions of the natural park of Ses Salinas. The establishments under threat are Guarana, Malibu, the Jockey Club and Sa Trinxa in ses Salinas and El Chiringuito and Chiringay in es Cavallet.
According to the report the establishments have a severely negative environmental effect on the coastal area and all have been partly built on public property, signifying their illegality.
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A large oil slick caused by the sinking of the ‘Don Pedro’ during the early hours of Tuesday morning just one mile from the entrance to Ibiza port, is expected to reach shore today.
The slick, which is 4km long and nearly 1km wide, is heading towards Cabo Martinet.
Some oil was detected on Talamanca Beach and in Ibiza Marina last night, and a group of volunteers have started cleaning up.
The ro-ro, which covers the Ibiza-Valencia route, sunk after colliding with a small island named Dado Grande at around 3.30am Tuesday morning. The ‘Don Pedro’, which was transporting 150 tonnes of diesel fuel, is lying at a depth of between 30-45 metres and is leaking fuel.
None of the crew were seriously injured, although eight were treated by emergency service medics.
A spokesman from the Iscomara company that owns the sunken ship has admitted that the accident was the result of “human error.”

Low-cost airline easyJet inaugurated its Belfast to Ibiza route at the weekend, which will run for the duration of the summer.
With low fares available from £50.98 return, including taxes, easyJet’s new route will run until September the 8th.
Paul Cable, easyJet marketing manager, said: “The introduction of Ibiza is great news for the sun-seekers of Northern Ireland and is the second new route from Belfast in the last three months, which represents the potential for further development from the region.”
The carrier now operates 20 routes from Northern Ireland and the latest addition is likely to be one of the most popular.

Airport Authorities announced the renovation of Ibiza airport. With an investment worth around 36 million euros, the airport will be completely redesigned in twenty months. The work will include the elimination of all of the offices that are currently located between the ground and first floor. It will also include the complete renovation of the air-conditioning system and the electrics of the current building, so as to make the airport more modern. Also the current luggage handling area on the south-east corner will be completely re-designed. The airport will become a two-floor building that will include thirteen additional check-in desks and an improved luggage turn-around area. The work, due to start this winter, will cause only mild inconvenience to travellers.

Following a survey amongst all the members the president of the restaurant and bar association, Eduardo Duque, revealed that turnover is down during the first two months of the season by around 30%.
Also the president of the Bar, Restaurant and Cafeteria Association of Pimeef (small and medium sized business), Pedro Ortiz, is not happy about the start of the season attacking the “all-inclusive” hotels and the island’s total dependency on “disco” tourism. He claimed that younger tourists do not eat out, or even use the bar, but are merely interested in going to the nightclubs where they spend all of their money.
Ortiz said that this season continued to be worse than last year, and that the main fears of his members were that, amongst other things, the season had now been reduced to just 60-70 days.

Young Europeans, Brits, Italians and Germans are spending more per person on their trips to Ibiza than the conventional family on their villa and hotel breaks on neighbouring islands Menorca and Majorca.
But the biggest surprise is that the amount of time spent on Ibiza by each tourist is longer than on Menorca and Majorca - destroying the myth that Ibiza is primarily for long weekends or short trips for a couple of nights in the club.
The findings by the Balearics Tourist Authority show that after Ibiza, Menorca visitors stay on average for 11 days, with Majorca just behind. And the same pattern emerges for spending per day, with Ibiza top, Majorca second, and Majorca last.
The amount spent by Ibiza tourists averaged is 94 Euros a day - a huge contribution to the island’s economy.

Tourism in Ibiza is changing. Latest figures from the Airports Authorities (AENA) suggested that overall passenger figures for the first five months of the year were up 9%. This contrasted with information given by the Hotel Federation, which confirmed that during May the average occupancy was down by 4%.
The news for the British market was also not too positive, with numbers down by 53% for arrivals in the first four months in comparison to last year while German market is up 27.7%, the French up 41.7%, and the Italian up 50.9 per cent.

With hotel occupancy down 10% in May and restaurants and bars suffering as well sales down around 30% from last year Ibiza is experiencing a poor start to the season. The opening of some of the main clubs has meant a dramatic increase in passenger numbers over the last two weekends however, this type of tourist is the least beneficial to local businesses.
Also the beach association claimed that sales were down between 10-15% so far, compared to last year.

The Consell has announced the issuing of eleven private car-hire licences for the island. With the rise in 4-star and 5-star hotels, so the demand for luxury private chauffeur driven cars has increased. There are currently fourteen licences in operation at the present time. However this is proving too few during the busy summer months.