ISSUE NO. 1567
16 - 22 July 2015
MALLORCA
YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
Island tourist numbers come under scrutiny By Staff Reporter LIMITING the number of tourists visiting the Balearic Islands may be considered in the future. The Councillor for Innovation, Investigation and Tourism, Biel Barcel o , h a s n ’t r u l e d o u t ‘launching a debate’ regarding a limit on the number of tourists allowed to visit in the high season. This has already been considered in the Canary Islands. Following a meeting with the Mallorca Hote-
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COUNCILLOR has not ruled out ‘launching a debate’ on the subject liers’ Federation, Barcelo said that the islands are “full and drained” during the summer and that there should not be more pressure put on the territory and resources. H o w e v e r, t h e p o i n t e d o u t t h a t f o r n o w, i t w a s only something which may be up for discussion in the future. In the first five months of this year, more than 3.3 million tourists visited the Balearic Islands, 10.9 per cent more than the same p e r i o d l a s t y e a r. I n t h e whole of 2014, there were 13,580,000 visitors.
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