They were speaking outside the offices of the Spanish government delegation in the Balearics. The government, via the airports authority Aena, in which it has a 51% shareholding, is ultimately responsible for the airport.
Spokespeople for the platform, the environmentalists GOB and the Fridays for Future movement in the Balearics warned of "climate collapse" because of numbers of tourists and called for a new master plan for the airport that is "appropriate for the ecological crisis and the declarations of climate emergency by both the Balearic and the Spanish governments".
Margalida Roselló, on behalf of the platform, demanded that the national ministry of transport limits flights at Son Sant Joan. "We are in a climate emergency and we cannot keep looking the other way, as this impoverishes us; it doesn't make us richer." She also called, as have certain political parties, for there to be co-management of the airport to involve the Balearic government.
GOB spokesperson, Margalida Ramis, added that a protest is planned for September 27, World Tourism Day, to highlight political inaction and overcrowding on the islands.
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It's actually quite normal for Mallorca, has been for at least a decade (notwithstanding the pandemic). In 2019, it was every 45 seconds at times. Having said that, I believe there's more than enough demand to enable us to focus on *quality* of tourism, rather than quantity. The challenge of course, is that delivering quality over quantity will only make Mallorca more desirable, which will only increase demand. Thin wire balance. Requires critical thinking, not simply flipping a switch. And even the hoteliers agree with that. It's not as simple as limiting the numbers. Why penalise the most desirable for the handful attracting the highest volume of least desirable? Throw the baby out with the bath water? Implementing blunt instruments generally creates even more problems. Simply limiting numbers alone won't improve the quality of the product. The opportunity is to make it better, not make it worse. It would be a very different story if the demand weren't there. And I suspect you'd be in the front of the protest line if nobody showed up. Be careful what you wish for.
In the summer there is already 1 flight a minute. Is this not enough !!!
Somehow, I tend to believe global climate change has more to do with global climate change than tourism in Mallorca.