Hire cars arriving in Palma, Mallorca
Hire cars are included in the ports authority's data.
Balearics flooded by rental cars this summer
Very few of the vehicles are registered and taxed in Balearics.
More hire cars shipped to Mallorca to meet demand
The number of available cars is still way lower than it was in summer 2019.
Hire cars arriving in Mallorca
Minimum one per cent of fleets must be zero emissions.
40% of car-hire firms not giving information about electric vehicles
Climate change law requires information to be supplied to the government.
Shipment of hire cars in Menorca
The total number of hire cars has fallen by some 50,000.
Car-hire firms in agreement with limits
The Balearic government's climate change plan contemplates limits on the number of vehicles that can enter each island.
Hire cars being transported in Palma, Mallorca
An estimated 75,000 hire cars on the islands.
Call for limits on the number of hire cars in the Balearics
Podemos are to urge island councils to comply with national law on climate change.
Hire cars in Ibiza
The total fleet is down by some 50,000 vehicles.
Tourism season has "gone well" for car-hire firms
Prices have increased on average by 20%.
Mallorca car-hire firms have had to drop prices by 15% this summer
The reason for a fall in prices is lower tourist spending in the complementary sectors, such as restaurants and hire cars.
Proposal for a toll charge for vehicles not registered in Mallorca
This toll wouldn't apply to all roads but to those with highest density of traffic and environmental sensitivity.
Car-hire firms in Mallorca say cases of vandalism have been "isolated"
Some firms are opting to remove stickers that identify vehicles as hire cars.
More traffic chaos in Soller and more anger among residents
There are jams whenever the weather isn't great.
Comment
Nowhere to park
Public administrations' own publicity contributed to "saturation" at beaches.
Andrew Ede21/07/2022 13:32