“We should not underestimate that there is a direct impact of riots or some of the demonstrations, but especially those that are violent,” she stressed during her speech at a briefing, warning of the damage to both tourists and the local destination where the protest takes place.
In addition, the general director of CLIA Spain, Alfredo Serrano, stressed the importance of investing in infrastructure and tourism promotion to increase the attractiveness of destinations. “The companies are already making efforts by scheduling cruises in places in Spain such as La Coruña, Alicante, Almería, Cádiz, Bilbao, Cartagena, Ceuta, Balearics and Ferrol,” he added.
For her part, the senior vice-president of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), Virginia Messina, has focused on the ever-increasing global tourism offer, with the number of destinations tripling in the last decade, suggesting that new emerging powers such as Saudi Arabia and Oman are emerging, with “investments in the millions”.
“There is much more choice for tourists and where they are not welcome there are many other places where they can travel,” she warned. For Messina, the current dissatisfaction of residents stems in large part from “a lack of a governance structure at the local level”. For this reason, she has asked politicians to “sit down at the table to talk a little and understand where the pressure points are” of the sector.
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NilocSpot on!! Just forgot the cruise ship’s engines gently turning over for hours, spewing pollution into the air and the norovirus and Covid infections - so kindly shared by plague ship passengers. It’s interesting to see how many European cities are now banning cruise ships - to preserve their beauty, health and environment. The one down side to this is that the places with moronic governments, that continue to allow these multi story floating towers, will be swamped. Eeek!!! Better get the protest banners and water pistols out!!!
I laughed as I read through the various talking heads trying to sound outraged that anyone could not be enthusiastic about the visit of one of their mobile cash machines. Watch out you naughty people , we will go somewhere else. Somewhere that loves us. So there ! Just imagine it : Ladies and Gentlemen, owing to protests in Palma and Venice we will not be visiting those destinations. In their place we will be taking you to Saudi Arabia and Oran. Before disembarking in those locations please collect your 50 page booklet laying out local rules and regulations. Please note that if you disregard any of said rules and regulations you may be detained by the authorities. In no circumstances will the ship delay its departure and it is beholden upon the client to rejoin the cruise at the next available port. Allah akbar.
NilocIt takes years of overcoming planning hurdles to build a 5,000 bed hotel in a sensitive area, if at all, yet it's ok to teleport five of them into your medieval city and quaint fishing villages every day on a few hours notice?
Niloc, you nailed it, spot on. Kevin D, you are the typical clueless person who doesn't understand anything about Mallorca. Jog on and enjoy your Blackpool holiday.
Turn majorca back to some nothing island in the Med. Shut down the terminals and let it go back to a backwater wasteland with no jobs. Close the airport as well. Hasta luego .
Is nobody reading the room? Less cruseros, better for Palma and everyone on the island who would like to visit Palma without these locust ships.
A typical cruise ship day in port: Gorge yourself at breakfast, making sure everyone has plenty to eat. Takes lots of food and sandwiches ashore along with complimentary bottles of water. Leave the ship to go around the sights, taking lots of photos so everyone thinks you have actually visited that place. Eat your prepacked sandwiches and drink your water indiscriminately discarding your packaging. Buy cheap Chinese tat off the illegal sellers or legitimate tat shops. Walk unannounced into cafes and bars to use their bathroom facilities and depleting their precious water resources. Then return to the ship in time to have a nap before dressing for 7pm dinner. In the meantime, the cruise ship has discharged its 10,000 gallons of chorine pools and refilled with fresh water. Cruise ships, don't need them.