Holiday rentals sector - Don't blame us for tourist overcrowding
Mallorca's hoteliers have blamed "exponential growth" of holiday rentals places for tourist overcrowding.
Tourism minister says there has to be "management" of tourist numbers
"If certain measures aren't taken, the flows of tourists could be unlimited."
June human pressure in the Balearics on a par with 2019
Growth is "unsustainable". "We can't fit everyone into the islands."
Tourism growth - 75% over twenty years
2022 tourist numbers look set to be close to those of 2019 - and perhaps more.
Tourism minister - there is a feeling of "saturation"
Last week, Iago Negueruela didn't comment on "tourist saturation".
Tourists wanting an end to overcrowding
Environmentalist groups say that tourists experience for themselves the effects of saturation.
Comment: The feeding of the two million
At the height of summer there can be over two million mouths to be fed and watered at any given time.
Their blogs were not to blame for one particular nice beach being so overrun
Bloggers were insisting that their blogs were not to blame for one particular nice beach being so overrun
Have phone, will blog a beach
Bloggers were insisting that their blogs were not to blame for one particular nice beach being so overrun
Beach overcrowding - Don't blame the bloggers!
Tour operators and the authorities are responsible for "saturation"; not a blog.
Tourism
Council continues to decrease cruise passenger saturation
"Their arrival in the old town will be staggered and other areas of Palma that are not so touristy will benefit.”
Tourism
App for managing cruise tourist saturation
The app will let visitors know the places in the city that are most congested.
Demographics
Balearics human pressure is easing
The islands' maximum population this July did not exceed two million, which had been the case last year.
Transport
Excursions coaches add to Palma "saturation"
Excursions coaches head for the port stops and let their passengers off there.
Majorca
Not much of a protest: the week in Majorca
A cruise ship was greeted by a small protest, the tourism minister spoke about small contributions, and Calvia was announcing yet more plans for dealing with summer behaviour.
Tourism
Summer study of tourist saturation
The study is "Tourism load capacity: study of the historic centres in Valldemossa and Palma".
Tourism
New July population maximum for the Balearics
On 29 July there were 2,018,176 people in the Balearics, the highest number ever for a July day.
Majorca
Massification to McDonald's: the week in Majorca
The days of romantic travelling were being recalled, the tourist tax either was or wasn't going to be doubled in winter, the French were misbehaving again, and there was good news for lovers of the Big Mac.
- What a carry on! European Union abandons full launch of new travel entry system for Britons in favour of "phased rollout"
- Update: Royal Navy submarine dives into a storm in Spain
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- First day of operation and Spain's new traveller registration system crashes
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
Comment
Mallorca saturated?
Perception is the key, and the environment minister says there is "negative social perception".
Andrew Ede25/08/2022 19:57