Antoni Costa, spokesman for the conservative Balearic Islands authorities, said it should be allowed to manage the volume of incoming flights alongside the Spanish state airport operator Aena.
Palma de Mallorca airport (Photo: Getty)
“Just as the (regional) government is limiting the supply of tourist accommodation, perhaps it should be said that the increase in the number of slots in the summer, during the high season has come to an end. We have reached the maximum limit.”
It came as the organisers in the anti-tourist movement prepared for mass rallies over the summer.
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There were a record 243,000 flights, a rise of 6.3 per cent.
“The number of flights which have arrived at the islands has risen by 48 per cent in the past ten years between 2014 and 2024,” said Ferran Rosa, the Mes per Mallorca spokesman for airports, told The i Paper.
“In winter, there are few flights between the islands and the rest of Spain but there are six per day for example to Cologne in Germany. It makes it impossible to lead any life which is not connected to tourism,” he said.
In March, the Balearic Islands government announced it would raise its tourist tax and put a new levy on hire cars as the island chain tries to contain overtourism.
Spain is struggling to balance the success of its tourism industry, which accounts for about 13 per cent of GDP, with protests against its effects on local communities, where protesters argue it inflates house prices and damages the environment.
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