REGISTRATION of recent motorhomes within the Balearic Islands grew by 36% final 12 months, based on the Spanish Affiliation for the Caravanning Trade and Commerce.
The upturn comes as cellular dwelling homeowners in Palma on Mallorca will quickly should cope with a civic ordnance banning in a single day stays in public areas.
Metropolis mayor, Jaime Martinez not too long ago mentioned that ‘caravans can not turn into a housing resolution or an uncontrolled tourism mannequin’.
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His feedback introduced a powerful response from one motorhome group who mentioned what they do is a legit type of sustainable tourism.
“They’re criminalising us for no cause and the one factor we wish are sufficient areas to park and coexist in concord with the town,” it mentioned.
For instance, spending an evening in a motorhome parked in a public space may incur a tremendous of as much as €1,500.
Folks dwelling in motorhomes at improvised settlements, similar to by the Son Hugo swimming swimming pools, face an unsure future due to the approaching legislation.
The rise in motorhome numbers comes as Mallorca is struggling issues with a provide of reasonably priced housing.
On the finish of 2024, the College of the Balearic Islands (UIB) carried out Spain’s first-ever research of motorhomes and mentioned there have been 150 of them on Mallorca- of which round 83 have been for residential use.
Settlements have been positioned at Son Hugo, Son Guells, Ciutat Jardi, La Vileta, and Nou Llevant- all within the Palma area- in addition to Calvia’s Caas Catala.
There are additionally totally different opinions amongst motorhome homeowners with two associations calling for a February 8 demonstration towards Palma’s new legal guidelines.
However representatives of ‘residential’ automobile homeowners have distanced themselves from the protest.
They are saying the 2 associations are made up of vacationer and leisure motorhome customers.
Javier Gonzalez representing homeowners on the Son Guells settlement mentioned the 2 teams have been complaining about an ‘insignificant downside’ and that the actual challenge amongst 90% of caravanners in Palma is housing.
“Our use is just not leisure, it’s residential. They need to park their automobile subsequent to the seashore, they go sightseeing. We’re pressured to stay right here as a result of there aren’t any reasonably priced properties,” Gonzalez added.
