...some curious and little known information

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JAUME MATAS President del Govern de las Illes Baleares ...in duty again since May 2003 ! One of his first things he did: He canceled the stupid and annoying tourist tax of one EURO per tourist and day, which the former government created four years ago. Now more tourists come to visit Mallorca again!

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...that the highest mountain of Mallorca - the Puig Mayor - is 1.445 m above sea level?

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...that the size of Mallorca is 3.640 km²?

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Info from the Airport in Palma de Mallorca (PMI): in the year 2000 more than 11 million visitors arrived on the island - record!

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... that Mallorca is worldwide well known for its leather manufacturing? Visit the shops in Inca.

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...that only at the beach of Es Trenc 500.000 tourists yearly carry more than 25 tons (!) of sand away? In towels, under shoes and between the toes - so please clean your towel and your feet before you leave the beach. Otherwise the sand will be gone soon...

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...that the first settlements in Mallorca already were founded 6.000 years B.C.?

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...that the typical pastry - the Ensaimadas - is only available in Mallorca?

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...that the airport in Palma can handle more than 12.000 passengers every hour?

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...that in Magaluf is the biggest disco in Europe: the BCM?
Every night thousands of dancers are here to party...

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... that the Nobel prize winner of literature 'Camillo José Celar', was born in Galicia but he preferred to live in Mallorca.

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... that between July and September many representatives of the international aristocraty come to the 'Palacio Marivent' (the summer residence of the spanish king) to visit and meet the spanish King Juan Carlos I. ?

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... Mallorca - one of the most beautiful places in the world - is visited by a lot of prominence. For example Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Schumacher, Claudia Schiffer, Farah Dibah, Bill Gates, Julio Iglesias and many, many other big names from show buisiness, music, sports, politics, television etc. etc.

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