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Palma21/02/2022 10:10
Is there a danger that Mallorca could be a victim of its own success? This week I have been struck by some comments by politicians (not in governnment), about too many tourists and too many foreign home buyers and ofcourse we have too many cruise ships.
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How will mallorca survive ? Isn't it a bit reducing to say how mallorca will survive without us important tourist? I mean would you appreciate hearing "how will the U.K survive without this so important Europeanunion?" I bet you would say "well, we will simply adapt ourselves to a new situation. We are not affraid". That's what I would personally answer to your question. We just adapt and that's all !! Mallorca was back in time known for it's agriculture and fish industry. I think i have to remind to you that the sport industry can be well developed, specifically seeing that many olympic champions are coming from here. The same for the tennis who brings money thanks to the rafa academy, football and many other sports.There is also so many different artist that can bring money to the community if the government give enough investment to the cultural industry. There is famous singer in both Spanish and catalan languages, famous national actors, drawer who are now working for Disney, DC, Marvel or even with French editor. But because of the mass tourism Spain do not see the use of developing those cultural industry in mallorca and many talent fly to the US or other country to work. Fortunately the youth are trying to bring more alternatives to the mass tourism but it's not won yet. Are you even invested enough in the mallorcan or even Spanish culture to ignore this? Mass tourism is obviously killing the island thanks to 1) the prices rising so high and so fast that the baleares became the Spanish community having the biggest price raising in 10 years. Resulting the mallorcan student or the poor citizen cannot afford any flat in Palma or other places without the help of their families or the government. But it doesn't matter because the tourist can pay this price right? And 2) more tourists equal more pollutions in the sea, more destruction of the landscape to build more hotel or houses for the tourists and more nuisance for the surrounding. I dont remember party people being respectful to their neighbors specially at 2am with loud music and shouting all night long. But we are in 2022 and still nobody care about the consequences of mass tourism. The important its your alcohol, your Instagram pictures and your skin cancer culture. And we all know that this new law not allowing to build new touristic building for 4 years will not help in any way or change anything. The damage are already done. But coming from a British newspaper that still thinks that the ecotasa (tourist tax) is used to protect the environment (spoiler alert: no its not. its been used to organize a music award in December 2021 for exemple) it's no surprise that the only interest for you is the well being of the tourism industry more than the one of the locals that you're supposed to visit