Ibiza plans to restrict the variety of cruise ship arrivals amid overtourism backlash – CSN

AUTHORITIES in Ibiza have introduced a crackdown on the variety of cruise ships allowed to dock on the island amid a wave of anti-tourist protests.

The Council of Mayors revealed plans on Friday to permit not more than two cruise ships to reach on the identical time.

The transfer follows within the footsteps of authorities in neighbouring Mallorca, who restricted cruise ship arrivals final 12 months, limiting the variety of cruises which may drop anchor in Palma to simply three per day.

Vicent Mari Torres, the president of Ibiza’s council, mentioned the announcement would guarantee arrivals had been spaced out, stopping the notorious stampedes as vacationers arrive, infuriating native residents and overwhelming infrastructure.

“When the arrival of greater than two cruises happens concurrently, the port and transport companies collapse, which generates an issue in Ibiza city”, he mentioned.

“We aren’t towards the arrival of cruises however we ask that it happens in a extra orderly and deliberate method”. 

Lately, locals in Ibiza, and different vacationer hotspots throughout Spain, have voiced considerations about overtourism.

They declare that regardless of tourism’s significance to the native economic system – 84% of Ibiza’s GDP is expounded to tourism – the arrival of too many guests is damaging the 21-mile-long island.

Issues have risen over the rental market, marine and wildlife injury, and a lack of native id.

Final 12 months, a report 548,969 cruise passengers docked on the in style occasion vacation spot, famed for its vibrant membership scene and pristine white sandy seashores – the entire inhabitants of the island is barely 159,180.