Mallorca seeks quicker tourist bed cap cut through study
Mallorca, in Spain’s Balearic Islands, wants to cut its limit on tourist accommodation places without waiting for a plan change that could take up to five years. Tourism councillor Guillem Ginard outlined the approach at a Mallorca Island Council meeting on Thursday, 8 October 2026. He hopes the council can approve the study it would use before its term ends.
The current limit is set by the Plan for Intervention in Tourist Areas, or PIAT. The council announced a change to that plan and began the process in 2024. But Ginard said technical consultations, especially on environmental matters, mean it could take as long as five years. A study of how much tourism the island can accommodate is nearly finished, he said, and could help lower the cap sooner.
Ginard acknowledged that the tourism plan still needs changing. He argued that the limit would not rise while no new tourist places were being granted, leaving the council able to pursue a cut. He was responding to Socialist Jaume Mateu, who had asked why work on the tourism plan, a plan for park-and-ride sites and a new territorial plan for Mallorca had yet to be completed.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com