Decreasing numbers of tourists, vacant vacation houses, and reduced cruises. - A forceful course from the mayor of Mallorca.
This individual insists on placing limits on certain aspects of tourism on the Spanish holiday island, like the number of tourists, rental cars, cruise ships, and holiday homes. Some of his other suggestions include forbidding new beds in private rental lodgings, and making those who have guests causing trouble pay higher fines.
He's able to enforce some of these regulations on his own, but for other demands, he needs approval from multiple authorities - the island council, the Balearic Islands government, or even the Spanish central government in Madrid. However, he's hoping to convince them at the moment.
He has more ideas up his sleeve:
🚣♀️ Restrictions or even bans on party boats and larger cruise ships🚢 Twice the fees for cruise ship tourists as before👪 Limit the number of tourists who can be led through the city in a group🚗 Restricting access to rental cars in the city center🍸 A complete alcohol ban on the streets of the entire municipality - even in the German tourist hotspot of Playa de Palma👮♂️ An increased police presence, both locally and nationally.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Palma this past weekend, marching under the banners "Say no!" and "Mallorca is not for sale!" to protest against mass tourism. The growing number of visitors and holiday homes has led to issues like housing shortages, the "destruction" of the island, traffic congestion, pollution, and crime, according to protesters. The protest was instigated by the collapse of a restaurant at Ballermann on Thursday.
Four people died in this tragedy, including two German women.
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