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Ibiza as a reference and Ibiza as a mirror where to look at. For the good and also not to make the same mistakes. The Balearic Island has long been drowning with mass tourism and, in fact, is set as a negative example of the risk that runs when the wings are not cut to tourism.
The pressure to which the Neighbors of the island It reaches every corner. From those who decide live in a caravan in summer To rent your home to the Lack of water to supply all those who arrive on the island. Going through the neighborhood fights to prevent a cliff from becoming a dump and a continuous congestion of cars.
With a tourism that seems unstoppable, the authorities have begun to take action in the increasingly radical matter. One of them, put fines so high to illegal tourist rental that some houses are selling. The second, limit the number of access with car.
As of June 1, just over 4,000 visitors will be able to enter their car to the island.
A saturated island
The objective of the measure is clear: reduce congestion on the island.
To understand the problem of the matter, it must be taken into account that only in 2024 were almost counted 3.3 million visitors in the Pitusas Islands (Ibiza-Formera). The massive arrival of tourists is a problem on the road. So much that Some surveys They point out that more than 70% of participants claim that jams They are more common in recent years. And that without counting the constant problems that are counted in Hot points of the island Every day with the arrival of good weather.
Seeking to reduce, at least, the volume of vehicles on the road, Ibiza has put a red line: 20,168 cars for tourists.
This is the maximum number of daily vehicles, which will be allowed within the island for visitors between June 1 and September 30. Of that number, 16,000 cars will correspond to vehicles of rental fleets. The rest, the 4,108 cars are the ones that can enter via boat.
The limit, evidently, does not apply to resident vehicles. Only vehicles arrived from the outside are put from. How is it controlled? Those who want to access by boat their own will have to fill in a form to leave their “reserved” place. Full the quota, the entry of more cars will not be allowed.
Those who will be saved will be the motorists, who will continue to have the doors open to the island without restrictions but, nevertheless, the motorhomas will have to demonstrate that they have a reserve already confirmed in a campsite because sleeping outside that area is illegal.
The flow of vehicles that can enter the island, therefore, is variable. As in a parking lot, if the little more than 4,000 seats are full of cars that circulate on the island, they will not be able to access more cars until there is a new notice.
At the moment, those who had a ticket purchased before May 20, 2025 will not be applied to them but as of June 1 until September 30, access to the island by car will be limited.
Photo | Jose Llamas and Kathy
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