Environmentalists GOB have called a protest on Saturday to demand limits on cruise ships and cruise tourism. It will be staged on the steps of the Cathedral from 11.30am and coincide with protests in other Spanish port cities. GOB say that the Spanish government's June 7 decision to lift the ban on cruise ships (for Covid reasons) has prompted the protests.
Environmentalists call protest against cruise ships
The pressure for cruise ship limits has been renewed
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If the hideous Covid pandemic has done anything, it has given Mallorca the chance to reinvent itself as a centre of eco tourism. The island could capture the desire to protect the planet and become a tourism beacon going forward. Cruise ships are not part of that story. They are the eco enemy. If Mallorca wants to be part of the future of tourism the island needs to reject the excess of cruise ships and cheap as chips alcohol based holidays. This is a time of opportunity- it would be amazing if Mallorca rejected the polluted, alcohol fuelled past. I for one would love to see a brave, clean, eco friendly future. Covid has been bad. Climate change is the big challenge we face now.