Tourism bosses in Mallorca have introduced new limits on how many cruise ships are allowed to arrive per day in 2023 and 2024. The new rules mean that no more than three ships will be permitted to dock at Palma, the island's capital.
This decision was made after officials attended a meeting in Paris and agreed to stand behind the island's new 'quality over quantity' approach to tourism. This initiative, which is the first of its kind in Spain, aims to offer more protection to the environment and avoid over-saturating of holidaymakers visiting the island.
The Mirror reports that the port of Palma will not be able to receive more than three cruise ships per day in the next two years. There will be no exception days as happened in 2022 when, on a number of occasions, there were more than three liners in dock as arrangements had already been made.
