Spain tourism: In scenic Mallorca, the sun is starting to set on Magaluf

Shifting holiday patterns also mean much is at stake for Spain, which had 82 million foreign visitors last year. Tourism accounts for about 11 per cent of gross domestic product

The party’s nearly over for a brand that became a by-word in Britain for booze-fuelled fun in the Spanish sun.

The last flight carrying Club 18-30 holidaymakers takes off for Magaluf this weekend. The fully booked jet leaves Manchester on Saturday carrying young clubbers for a final three days of revels as Majorca’s summer season draws to a close. Travel company Thomas Cook says it will be the swan song for a tradition of excess that dates back more than five decades.

The demise is one more sign of how companies are responding to the age of the millennials. Social