Red Cross officials have revealed that incidents of jellyfish stings amongst Ibiza bathers have dramatically plunged this season after unusually strong winter storms reduced the salinity of water surrounding the island’s beaches
Red Cross officials have revealed that incidents of jellyfish stings amongst Ibiza bathers have dramatically plunged this season after unusually strong winter storms reduced the salinity of water surrounding the island’s beaches. (Ibiza-Spotlight: http://tinyurl.com/33vw47a ).
The fearsomely painful stingers instead turned up in their thousands close to the El Perellonet beach near Valencia this week, stinging over 700 people in one day. Fox News reported that the Valencia stingers are unusually small and virtually invisible, though pack a powerful punch for swimmers unlucky enough to touch them.
"In the five or six years I have been in this job, I have never seen anything like this," local tourism chief Juan Carlos Castellano told the US news organisation.
Details of the jellyfishes’ decision to avoid the Balearics came as the Guardian revealed that struggling tour operators are slashing prices to holidays in Ibiza, with potentially 50% discounts likely to be available in September when school holidays are over.
Travel analyst Bob Atkinson from travelsupermarket.com suggested discounts of around 30-40% are already on sale, particularly on self catering packages.
"At the moment, where they are really struggling to give it away is the Balearics and Greece,” he told the Guardian.
"Tour operators hold out as long as they can, but right at the last minute, two or three days before, they are dropping prices down as much as they can. If you are the ultimate flexible customer, you can grab a real bargain,” he recommended.
TravelSupermarket were offering 7 day trips with 2 star accommodation in San Antonio from £222 and 3 star accommodation (also in San Antonio) from just £275 person (including return London- Ibiza flights). A week in four star Hotel Victoria in Talamanca outside Ibiza Town (rated highly on numerous online postings) currently costs just £383 including flights.
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