If you’ve listening to Ibiza coverage on various radio stations this summer, then you’d probably assume that things are going very well on the island right now. But this is not so, says Ibiza-voice.com, who say that clubbers are having their pockets tightened by the downturn in the UK economy and aren’t taking that flight this year, forcing entrance fees to the big clubs to fall drastically.
In the site’s 'Bitch List' column, the site says: 'The scarcity of punters this year has really got the big discotecas coming up with some great ideas. The fall out is that entrance into many clubs is practically free. There are free invitation flyers everywhere for La Communidad and Louie Vega to name but two. Meganite and Monza have free guestlist access advertised on Ibiza Global Radio. For Supermartxe or Juicy at Amnesia, just turn up! Even Space has wristbands for all of its parties, which give access to the club for less than the price of a drink inside'.
Pacha’s Danny Whittle is nonetheless upbeat, recently telling Skrufff; 'Sure, there are a few less tourists on the island, but I think that’s the same for pretty much everywhere. I think we all know it is because of the situation on the global markets, the credit crunch and the pound’s weakness against the euro, there is really nothing surprising in it. However, in Pacha we are not seeing the downturn too much as a lot of our clients are the kind of people who are not too effected by these issues, the only difference for them is they may not be in St Tropez this year; they are in Ibiza and having a ball. We see Eden putting their prices down and offering free drinks, also Manumission doing the same and Privilege doing the same. We have kept our Friday nights the same entrance rate as last year and are breaking records so that just proves that a lot of people are not just looking for a cheap deal but have may already made their minds up on where they want to go regardless of cheap offers'.