At Thursday's council meeting in Palma, the governing Partido Popular's proposals for tackling tourist overcrowding were voted down through a combination of Vox, who the PP rely on for support, and the three opposition parties.
Palma's tourist overcrowding proposals are voted down
Vox said that certain proposals were against its policies
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quelle surprise
If they can’t reach a compromise and start to diversify the business/ tourism model then the inevitable will happen; Young people will simply give up on any future on the island and leave, or remain locked into cycles of short term work interspersed by frequent unemployment, poverty and hopelessness. Everyone who cannot escape the hoards will either stop coming or will impose themselves on the locals, creating even greater encouragement to civil protest and disobedience. If Palma and the rest of the island want to create another Benidorm, there is a successful business model for that- but it will come at a significant cost to the once quaint and tranquil Island.
Nearly all the regular commentators on MDB's tourism stories saw this coming in one way or another. So now it's stalemate and the overcrowding will continue. "He said that he wanted Palma to be the world capital of tourism." No, we don't. It's not nearly large enough and doesn't have the requisite utilities or resources for mass numbers of visitors. So where now? I have been criticising the Mallorcan protestors and their plans for disruption in the centre and on the beaches since I see this as anti-productive to encouraging quality tourists and discouraging coach-class holidaymakers. But you know what? If nothing is going to happen from the politicians then let the protestors do their thing and maybe they'll reduce overcrowding by default. Perhaps I'll even join them. VOX is now duly recorded as denying the Council's plans and so on their heads be it. Maybe all we have left to solve this urgent problem is people power. I don't earn a cent from tourism so all I want is Palma returned to normality and to see the backs of the hordes. Tourists go home!
Playground politics. Pathetic. Grow up, all of you and serve the people Not yourselves.
Basically point scoring by politicians on all sides. 'We'll only vote in favour of something if we propose it'. And the PP definitely voted against similar proposals when the left was in power.