Majorca is preparing to eliminate almost 1,700 of its sun loungers from beaches on its capital to make more space for residents as demonstrations versus overtourism continue the popular island.
According to reports, Palma’s council has stated it prepares to lower sun beds on the city’s beaches by 20 percent by 2026.
The decrease is partially in reaction to beach disintegration, however likewise in reaction to problems from homeowners that the expense of sun beds and umbrellas have actually implied there are couple of complimentary areas left where they can enjoy their regional beaches, German-language regional news outlet Mallorca Zeitung reports.
In overall, 1,644 loungers will be eliminated from Palma’s 4 beaches. Playa de Palma will go from 6,000 sunbeds and 2,503 umbrellas to 4,436 loungers and 2,218 umbrellas, the news outlet reports.
On Cala Major, sunbeds will be minimized by 300 to 250, Ciutat Jardi’s sunbeds will be minimized from 300 to 288 and Cala Stancia will go from 150 to 132 loungers.
Can Pere Antoni beach, which is handled by the seaside security firm instead of Palma council, will likewise have its sunbeds minimized, going from 200 to 94.
In another modification, the council likewise prepares to let beachgoers reserve loungers and umbrellas through an online app by 2027, Mallorca Zeitung reports.
The modifications followed the mayor of Palma, Jaime Martinez, revealed the council’s strategy to invest 300 million euros in enhancing Playa de Palma over the next years, according to the Majorca Daily Publication The effort likewise consists of a restriction on the structure of any brand-new traveler hotels, and existing hotels should either be updated or developed into domestic houses.
Overtourism has actually been a continuous problem in Spain, and on Sunday water-pistol demonstration will be held throughout popular traveler locations consisting of Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca, Barcelona, Tenerife and Malaga, along with Venice and Lisbon, the Majorca Daily Publication reports.
The demonstrations have actually been arranged by the Southern Europe Network Versus Touristification (SET) in response to a tourist boom that has actually caused real estate lacks in popular tourist hotspots.
Majorcan anti-tourism activists released an open letter in March, prompting travelers not to come to the island over summer season as projections suggest this summer season will see record varieties of visitors taking a trip there.
” Mallorca is not the paradise they are offering you. The regional population is upset and no longer congenial due to the fact that the land we enjoy it’s being damaged and a number of us need to leave the island due to the fact that it is uninhabitable. Put yourselves in our location!” stated the letter, signed by a variety of neighborhood groups.
” Our leaders do not listen to us, so we, the homeowners, ask you: DO NOT COME. We do not require more travelers; in reality, you are the source of our issue.”