Mallorca will limit vehicle entry if it has to after the summer
"We will take courageous, real and efficient measures” to address this mobility problem suffered by Mallorcans and visitors".
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Hire cars
Thousands of hire cars - but there aren't accurate figures.
Call to limit Mallorca to 25,000 hire cars
But how many hire cars are there in Mallorca at any given time? No one knows for sure.
On the critical list - Mallorca news round-up
Some of the stories that have made the news over recent days.
Residents demand action as rental car chaos grips Arenal
The problem extends beyond cars to rented motorcycles, exacerbating the strain on public parking spaces.
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Illegal hire-car parking lot in Palma, Mallorca
One of the parking lots.
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Hire cars arriving in Palma, Mallorca
Hire cars are included in the ports authority's data.
Balearics flooded by rental cars this summer
Very few of the vehicles are registered and taxed in Balearics.
More hire cars shipped to Mallorca to meet demand
The number of available cars is still way lower than it was in summer 2019.
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Hire cars arriving in Mallorca
Minimum one per cent of fleets must be zero emissions.
40% of car-hire firms not giving information about electric vehicles
Climate change law requires information to be supplied to the government.
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Shipment of hire cars in Menorca
The total number of hire cars has fallen by some 50,000.
Car-hire firms in agreement with limits
The Balearic government's climate change plan contemplates limits on the number of vehicles that can enter each island.
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Hire cars being transported in Palma, Mallorca
An estimated 75,000 hire cars on the islands.
Call for limits on the number of hire cars in the Balearics
Podemos are to urge island councils to comply with national law on climate change.
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Hire cars in Ibiza
The total fleet is down by some 50,000 vehicles.
Tourism season has "gone well" for car-hire firms
Prices have increased on average by 20%.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
Comment
Nowhere to park
Public administrations' own publicity contributed to "saturation" at beaches.
Andrew Ede21/07/2022 13:32