Consequences of Tourism Growth in Mallorca
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- Consequences of Tourism Growth in Mallorca
- Employment
- immediate boost
- two thirds of its population of 800,000 employed
- Either directly (hotels) or indirectly (services)
- 84% of Mallorca's Gross national Income is connected to tourism
- large numbers of young, economically active population moved from the rural interior to find seasonal employment
- Unemployment is 4% lower than other regions in Spain
- Average family income - 30% above national average
- a massive building programme
- Hotels, roads and other amenities for the tourist began providing further opportunities for employment
- Jobs
- Did have some economic disadvantages for Mallorca
- Some developments were financed and designed by international tour operators
- Leaves only semi-skilled and manual job opportunities for the local Mallorcan pop.
- jobs offered little opportunity for promotion or career advancement
- have to work long and anti-social hours
- Culture
- coastal area- densely packed
- with hotel and apartment complexes, bars, restaurants and other leisure services.
- Number of English, Irish and German owned bars and restaurants established
- English is spoken
- not necessary for the tourists to speak any Spanish
- Very little traditional Spanish architecture or culture
- continued to attract large numbers of young people staying in low price accomdation
- Negative image of packed beaches, rowdy bars and nightclubs
- coastal area- densely packed
- Resources
- mass tourism was destroying the tourist potential
- heavy demand on scarce water resources
- landscaping of gardens within hotel complexes, the building of golf courses, swimming pools and showers
- meant that fresh water supplies were being over used
- undertake expensive desalination of seawater
- tap water unfit for drinking
- locals found it hard to compete for water supplies against the demands for tourism development
- Landscapes
- natural coast landscape was altered
- beaches were extended
- sand dunes removed to make way for more apartment blocks
- natural dune vegetation was completely destroyed along with their wildlife habitats
- traditional way of life in Mallorca was affected
- farmers often sold their land to developers
- landscape was completely altered to provide promenades and other tourist amenities
- increased number of tour buses and other vehicles resulted in an increase in air pollution
- Employment
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