The PP has pushed through an initiative in Parliament to ask the central Government to create a protocol that allows for the prior review of advertising installed in infrastructure managed by Aena in the Balearic Islands, with the aim of avoiding campaigns like the recent banner that could associate Mallorca with excess tourism.
In the Tourism Commission, a non-binding proposal has been approved that urges the Executive to "establish, with the participation of the Government, a protocol for the supervision of advertising content present in the airport infrastructure of the Balearic Islands to guarantee respect for the image of the Islands".
The deputy María de Lluc Fornàs has stressed that it is "absolutely incompatible" for institutions governed by the PP to promote sustainability policies and limit the number of visitors while the Government, through Aena and the Secretary of State for Tourism, consents to campaigns that project the image of Mallorca abroad as a destination associated with excess.
"The institutions, companies, and citizens of the Islands have been working for years to transform our tourism model and we cannot tolerate these efforts being sabotaged by Aena," the parliamentarian reiterated.
At the same time, the proposal urges the Congress's Board to process the Airport Co-management Law approved by Parliament, so that the Balearic Islands have greater decision-making capacity over the management and projection of their airports.
Rejection of the PSIB's proposal on tourism reconversion
On the other hand, the Tourism Commission has thrown out a non-binding proposal from the Socialist Parliamentary Group, defended by Álex Pitaluga, regarding transparency, competition, and public control in the reconversion operations of obsolete tourist establishments. The initiative was rejected with eight votes against and four in favor, the latter from MÉS per Mallorca and PSOE.
In its proposal, the socialist group intended for Parliament to urge the Government to establish a public framework for the purchase, demolition, densification, and reconversion of premises or properties linked to tourist activity that received regional, state, or European funding.
Among other points, the text proposed requiring the Government to submit to Parliament, within a maximum of three months, a detailed report on the purchase, demolition, or regeneration of tourist establishments, specifying the selection criteria, the amounts awarded, and the public purpose of each action.
Increase in illegal parties and criticism of institutional control
The socialist deputy for Eivissa, Marco Guerrero, has denounced the rise in illegal parties before the Commission, which he attributed to the relaxation of controls and the lack of response from institutions, as he explained during his speech.
Guerrero pointed out that excesses linked to certain tourist activities continue to rise "while the Government and the institutions governed by the PP are more concerned with changing slogans than with fighting excesses."
The parliamentarian referred to the illegal party dismantled this Wednesday in Sant Mateu and assured that the municipality of Sant Antoni "is the epicenter of excesses."
The socialist emphasized that the phenomenon "is not an isolated incident," but rather responds to a model that is consolidated by the absence of effective control by the administrations.
In this regard, he reproached the PP for having lowered control measures against excess tourism, for having relaxed the pursuit of illegal parties, and for having stopped applying the zero-tolerance policies that were promoted at the beginning of the legislature.
The deputy also denounced the disturbances suffered by residents in other areas due to noise and irregular activities linked to tourist leisure.
For this reason, the PSOE has defended the urgency of recovering effective instruments to combat excess tourism and re-establish a zero-tolerance policy towards illegal activities.
"If we really want to defend the image of our islands, what needs to be done is to act on the causes that generate excesses and pursue illegal activities," he concluded.