Officials say Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca “can't take any more” and say they need to cut down on plane slots.
They hope that the Spanish government will exercise its powers, tell airport authorities that it is “sufficient” and not implement any further increases.
Antoni Costa said despite the fact that the Minister of Economic, Finance and Innovation is in favour of containing tourists rather than extinction, “probably, in high season, we need to consider that the number of slots in airports in the Balearic Islands is already quite large.”
“It must be said just as the government limits the supply of accommodation, and I must say this, and I must say this, I must say this, in high season, the increase in slots at airports in the Balearic Islands is over. We have reached our maximum limit,” he emphasized at a Spanish press conference.
When asked what the maximum number of slots mentioned above is, Costa didn't specify a specific number, but said “maximum” is the volume reached last year. “We don't want to increase that number in the high season,” he said.
The co-management of airports in the Balearic Islands between states, states and autonomous communities has been acknowledged by regional president Marga Prohens as one of the issues that central executive leader Pedro Sanchez raised at the final meeting.
“We haven't achieved our goal, so we'll continue to challenge ourselves,” he lamented. “We are in favor of those who have to make decisions. We are not government at this point, but we want to make them,” he added.
Last week, Costa Antoni Costa admitted that the Balearic Islands have “at the limits” and that solid action will be taken.
“Is there saturation in the Balearic Islands? Yes, there is saturation in the Balearic Islands. Have you reached your limit? Yes, we are working to tackle the real problems of our residents.
Faced with criticism from the presence of the opposition parties and the citizens of Form de la Societat, Costa reiterated that “nothing has been done about tourist saturation,” “the status of the government has not changed one iota from the first moment.”
“The president was very clear. These islands have reached their limits, and the saturation phenomenon is real and therefore they are acting according to this reality.”
He argued that Balearic President Margo Prohens had never defended the idea of degrowth. “I repeat that the government's position on tourism has not changed.”
Mallorca is one of the major islands in Spain's Holiday Islands, which has seen repeated protests against tourist saturation and local and environmental impacts such as roads, beaches, beauty spots and home prices.
