Mallorca tourism: Balearics seek to curb visitor growth
Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands, faces a change in tourism policy: the regional government wants to contain visitor numbers rather than count more arrivals as a success. Tourism, Culture and Sport Minister Jaume Bauzá set out that aim in the Balearic Islands parliament on Tuesday, after meeting travel companies at World Travel Market in London.
Bauzá said the major international operators he met shared and valued the change of direction. The government also wants to increase the value of tourism, tackle illegal tourism offers and spread the prosperity it brings. Limiting growth would protect the islands’ competitiveness in the long term, he argued, not weaken it.
Vox MP Javier Ripoll challenged Bauzá to show what the shift would mean beyond tourism promotion. He said greater value must bring prosperity and stable jobs beyond the summer months. The government had used culture to attract visitors, he said, but still needed to explain how that promotion would lead to business activity, work and opportunities.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com