The popular Spanish resort of Majorca has been deserted by Brits in the wake of the Thomas Cook shutdown.
Empty beaches and bar now greet visitors to the holiday island whose economy has greatly suffered after the tour giant's collapse.
Now British-run businesses in resorts that used to teem with UK tourists fear they may have to close, reports the Daily Star.
Debbie Ellen, 41, owner of the Sun Deck bar in Cala Millor, had tears in her eyes as she said: “I’m just so worried at what’s to come. I’ve got no idea what will happen.
“It has been the most difficult year already.
“I had this last month to try and make money. If not, then I can’t pay rent next year. I’ll have to close the doors.” The mum-of-two, who moved to Spain from Warlingham, Surrey, 18 years ago, is now worried about her children’s future.
'Demoralising'
She added: “It’s the uncertainty, it’s so disappointing, very demoralising. It has been taken out of my hands. It’s nerve-racking.
“We won’t have enough money to survive the winter. It’s very, very stressful.”
Jack Bate, 31, owner of the Rose and Crown pub, said trade is well down this week, “sometimes down to none”.
His budget hostel above the bar has been most affected as fancy hotels are forced to drop their prices.
One British bar owner, who did not want to be named, said it had been a “catastrophe” since the 178-year-old holiday firm collapsed last week.
Meanwhile, newly arrived tourist Nicola Chatten, 48, and her mum Kathy Greenwell, 72, from Faversham, Kent, were booked to visit Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands on Thomas Cook flights.
They were able to re-book with a hotel in Cala Millor catering for German tourists.
Nicola said: “We haven’t seen any English people since we got here. They ran bingo at our hotel but we couldn’t join in as it was in German.”
Her mother added: “We were offered a last-minute flight, didn’t know what the hotel was going to be like, we just hoped for the best.
“But there’s no English people.”
At least 500 hotels across Spain are set to close within days as a result of the drop in British holidaymakers.
