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      <title><![CDATA[The Balearic Islands have become an airport: passenger numbers have grown by 75% in 24 years]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.arabalears.cat/society/the-balearic-islands-have-become-an-airport-passenger-numbers-have-grown-by-75-in-24-years_1_5573498.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/f54371d9-2865-429a-9533-3ec52cde7283_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Balearic Islands are celebrating Sustainable Mobility Day with staggering figures. The three island airports – Palma (PMI), Ibiza (IBZ), and Menorca (MAH) – have registered an overall increase of 75% in passenger numbers over the last quarter century. Between 2000 and 2024, total passengers rose from 26.67 million to 46.54 million, the most significant increase among Spanish airports. These figures confirm what many experts have been denouncing for years: the environmental "unsustainability" of the island's economic model, which bases its income on the increase in the number of visitors, with the highest growth rate in the entire country. As for passenger traffic by sea, the figures have almost doubled in less than 20 years. Regular passenger traffic has increased from 3.9 million in 2010 to 7.4 million in 2024, while the 2.5 million cruise passengers represent an increase of one million people between 2010 and 2024. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaume Perelló]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:52:05 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The economic model of the Islands is based on continuing to increase CO2 emissions, far from the targets for 2030 and 2050.]]></subtitle>
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