Tourism management in Mallorca
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- Tourism management in Mallorca
- Mallorca forms The Balearic Autonomous Community
- Means they have considerable power over management of its own budget and planning
- had a number of attempts to deal with the pollution issues in the sea
- new attempt had three main aims
- 1. Protecting the Envirnoment
- no new building was permitted on a belt of 100m from the coast
- number of areas deemed to have fragile ecosystems were given protected land status
- first national park in 1988
- increased restrictions on the building of villas and second homes in rural areas
- 2. Limiting the growth of tourism
- planning restrictions on the density of tourist accomdation
- double the amount of land available per tourism bed from 30m2 to 60m2
- participated in the ECOMOST project
- a research group involved international tour operators and local developers
- seek to establish more sustainable tourism across countries
- a research group involved international tour operators and local developers
- Off Peak Tourism Season Plan
- attempted to diversify tourism provision
- wanted to overcome the problem of seasonal unemployement
- planning restrictions on the density of tourist accomdation
- 3. improving the tourism product service and infrastructure
- US$200,000,000 was invested in a new watse disposal system to reduce the threat of pollution
- now rewarded the 'Blue Flag staus
- a plan to embellish tourism resorts was introduced
- involved improving sea promenades, new street lighting and green zones
- modernisation plan for all tourist accommodation built before 1984
- Hotels that did not comply with this were forced to close
- measures out in place to preserve identity of rural towns and villages
- inland areas were encouraged to engage in small rural tourism projects
- US$200,000,000 was invested in a new watse disposal system to reduce the threat of pollution
- Local Agenda 21 in Calvia
- Calvia formulated its own tourism plant
- one of the first areas to develop mass tourism in Mallorca
- suffered most from over development
- project sought to make tourism more sustainable through:
- reducing the number of tourists
- but up grading the quality of tourism to attract a higher spending clientele
- demolition of 5 sea front hotels and converting land into green areas
- New buildings must adhere to strict planning restrictions and regulations
- regarding density of occupancy, waste disposal and energy conservation
- schemes to direct tourism away fro coastal activities into activities such as hill walking, cycling and golf
- an ambitious scheme to protect fragile landscapes and ecosystems and repair damage.
- reducing the number of tourists
- Mallorca forms The Balearic Autonomous Community
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