Mallorca tourism: Prohens pledges fewer beds in 2027
Mallorca faces fewer tourist beds in 2027: Balearic president Marga Prohens says numbers will fall across the islands during a parliamentary sitting in Palma, Mallorca, on Tuesday. She also says there will be fewer cars on the four islands, fewer cruise passengers and fewer hire cars. The regional government will still have no say over airports, she adds.
Prohens was answering MÉS per Mallorca spokesman Lluís Apesteguia, who accused her government of relying too heavily on tourism. More tourists and more money arrive each year, he said, yet rent eats up wages and many families cannot fill their fridges. He argued that the outlook favours a minority who profit at everyone else’s expense.
Prohens said it was too early to judge tourism in 2027, given international uncertainty and rising prices. She hoped the current trend would continue: arrivals grew by less than 1% between June and September, even allowing for the impact of the eclipse.
The exchange ended with a separate political attack. Prohens asked why MÉS MP Vicenç Vidal had embraced former minister Puente. She claimed Puente had resigned because of polls by Tezanos rather than “100 deaths”.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com