Tourists claiming to stay with 'family and friends' have doubled in ten years
The Balearic government has meanwhile launched its website inviting citizen contributions to the tourism sustainability debate.
Tourism degrowth is "inevitable and will bring prosperity"
At the first Civil Society Tourism Congress, a professor from Spain's National Research Council advocated planning for degrowth.
80% of Spaniards say that we should reflect on the model of tourism we want.
80% of Spaniards say that we should reflect on the model of tourism we want.
We cannot talk about marine conservation and quality tourism without mentioning a key variable: quantity
We cannot talk about marine conservation and quality tourism without mentioning a key variable: quantity.
Quality (and quantity) tourism in the Balearics
After years of hearing that we need to grow in value and not in volume, we hope that we can finally move from words to action.
Balearics do not have the highest tourist 'saturation' in Europe
Based on visitor overnight stays per inhabitant.
Citizens to have their say about Mallorca's tourist overcrowding
A website is to be launched for residents to contribute to the sustainability debate.
Tourist overcrowding and housing - the two main concerns for the people of the Balearics
Results of an opinion survey conducted in the middle of May.
June tourist 'saturation' and Spanish students
The students represent only a small fraction of overall tourist numbers, but they also represent a major headache.
When the key players are missing...
“How can you devise a future tourism model for the Balearics without the tour operators, travel agents and airlines?”
Mallorca tourism protest “is just the beginning”
Tourism generates 45% of the islands’ gross domestic product.
The Balearic government's brave new (tourism) world
Will it become a reality or is the tourism model brave new world the stuff of fiction?
Be careful what you wish for...
All you need is for Turkey, Greece or Croatia to reduce their prices and the Balearic dream of fewer tourists will become a reality.
How long will it be before measures to tackle Mallorca tourist overcrowding have an impact?
Some results from various working parties are anticipated in the autumn.
Gathering in Palma, Mallorca to discuss the pact for tourism and economic sustainability
President and the many who gathered in Palma on Wednesday.
Balearic president - "Tourism cannot continue to grow in volume"
The first meeting for the pact for the sustainability of the Balearics was on Wednesday.
Hoteliers hoping for a "constructive spirit" at Wednesday's great debate about tourism
Representatives of around one hundred political parties, associations, organisations, etc. will gather on Wednesday.
Two million more tourists in 2024? Tourism growth in the Balearics is out of control
It is not inconceivable that the total number of tourists in 2024 could touch 20 million.
- 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
The right of protest and a history of tourist saturation
Concerns about overcrowding were already being expressed in the 1960s.
Andrew Ede08/06/2024 11:09