Car-hire sector open to reducing the number of vehicles in Mallorca

An estimated 95,000 hire cars in the Balearics this summer

Renewed talk of limiting hire cars; this has been under discussion for some years. | Juan Luis Ruiz Collado

Andrew EdePalma14/05/2024 08:17

The AEVAB association for vehicle rental in the Balearics says that it is open to reducing the number of hire cars in Mallorca and the rest of the Balearics.

The association's president, Ramón Reus, says: "It is clear that something has to be done." Recent images of traffic congestion have led to the government and the Council of Mallorca talking about possible limits. Reus adds that if there is a reduction, there will have to be agreement with the car-hire sector; AEVAB is said to represent 85% of firms in the Balearics.

He believes that restrictions should apply to private cars entering the islands as well as to hire cars, pointing to the example of Formentera, where there will be a four per cent reduction in vehicles from June to September this year.

Accepting that Formentera is small by comparison with the other islands, he nevertheless feels that experiences on that island could act as a "laboratory" for future region-wide policies.

According to AEVAB figures, there are currently some 65,000 hire cars in the Balearics. In high season the number will increase to around 95,000. "We are more or less back to the numbers we had in 2019," notes Reus.

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Stan The Man | 11 months ago

It is very difficult to assess the number of cars etc. in Mallorca. Seasonal increases from Hire Cars etc. Already there are queues for Electric Car charging points. It would be a great experience and positive if Mallorca could change to Hydrogen fuelled Cars. All that comes out of their exhausts is WATER!!!. Whereas Electric vehicles eventually create more pollution and Queues for charging and increased loads on the Grid Supply.

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Berlingo | 11 months ago

Funny we don’t hear a Peep from the Hotel Sector about being open to discuss anything like that !! As that is the only way to really reduce tourist numbers and everyone knows that !

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