Editing Palma de Mallorca (section)

=== Modern period ===
[[File:Rathaus Palma de Mallorca abends (Zuschnitt).jpg|thumb|City council of Palma]]
[[File:Escultura a Nuredduna.JPG|thumb|Statue of [[Nuredduna (character) | Nuredduna]] in Paseo Marítimo, Palma de Mallorca]]

Since the advent of mass tourism in the 1950s, the city has been transformed into a tourist destination and has attracted many workers from mainland Spain. This has contributed to a huge change in the city's traditions, its language, and its economic power.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McNeely |first=Jeffrey A. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Culture_and_Conservation/-eghREYx1RgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Mallorca++change+traditions+mass+tourism&pg=PA96&printsec=frontcover |title=Culture and Conservation: The Human Dimension in Environmental Planning |last2=Pitt |first2=David C. |date=1985 |publisher=IUCN |isbn=978-0-7099-3533-9}}</ref>

The boom in tourism has caused Palma to grow significantly. In 1960, Mallorca received 500,000 visitors, in 1997 it received more than 6,739,700. In 2001 more than 19,200,000 people passed through ''Son Sant Joan'' airport near Palma, with an additional 1.5 million coming by sea. In 2023, the total number of passengers arriving at ''Son Sant Joan'' airport amounted to 31,105,987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mallorcaglobalmag.es/en/total-number-passengers-palma-airport-2023/|title=This was the total number of passengers at Palma airport in 2023|website=Mallorca Revista de Información General|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>

In the 21st century, urban redevelopment, by the so-called ''Pla Mirall'' (English "Mirror Plan"), had attracted groups of immigrant workers from outside the [[European Union]], especially from Africa and South America.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Tourism provides 80% of the island's GNP.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Buswell |first=R. J. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mallorca_and_Tourism/m38TvRYi2HcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Palma+80%25+tourism&pg=PR14&printsec=frontcover |title=Mallorca and Tourism: History, Economy and Environment |date=2011-06-23 |publisher=Channel View Publications |isbn=978-1-84541-213-5 |language=nl}}</ref> Tourism has affected the rapid economic growth of Palma, placing the island of Mallorca among the wealthier regions in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2023/09/03/116641/mallorca-millionaires-one-spain-wealthiest-regions-loads-money.html/|title=The superrich in the Balearics, one of Spain's three wealthiest regions|website=Majorca Daily Bulletin|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>

The second economic portal of Palma is agriculture. The main exports of Palma's agriculture are almonds, oranges, lemons, and olives. The island is also gifted with a wide variety of natural resources, such as mines of copper, lead, and marble.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.majorca.com/v/economy/|title=Majorca Economy - Information on Business and Investment in Majorca|website=majorca.com|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref>

The city also has several surrounding neighborhood communities including [[Establiments]], Nord, Son Espanyol, Ces Cases Noves, and Sa Creu Vermella.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Establiments,+Palma,+Balearic+Islands,+Spain/@39.611051,2.6266783,9z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x1297f2b06ce771ab:0x3f152ff8adcb0172?hl=en-us|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref>

In October 2021, Palma was shortlisted for the [[European Commission]]'s 2022 European Capital of Smart Tourism award along with [[Bordeaux]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Dublin]], [[Florence]], [[Ljubljana]] and [[Valencia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 European Capital of Smart Tourism - Competition winners 2022|url=https://smart-tourism-capital.ec.europa.eu/cities/competition-winners-2022_en |website=European Commission|date=2 October 2021 |access-date=8 November 2022 }}</ref>