Majorca tourism
Airport expansion opposed because of "climate collapse" due to tourism
Protest planned for World Tourism Day
Opponents of airport expansion outside the offices of the Spanish government's delegation. | Jaume Morey
Palma26/08/2022 16:26
On Friday, representatives of the platform against the expansion of Palma Airport spoke to the media and argued that "excessive tourism" this summer has exposed "the limits, the risks and the vulnerability of the hyper-tourism economic model of 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.