Cyclists in Mallorca: opportunity or chaos on the roads?

PalmWith good weather, cycle tourism is reactivated. It is now common to see groups of tourists on bicycles on the roads of Mallorca. Is this an "opportunity", as the Minister of Tourism, Jaume Bauzà, defended this Tuesday in the plenary session of the Parliament? Or, the cause of the "chaos on the roads?", as the deputy of MÉS per Mallorca, Marta Carrió, reproached him?

"The containment that the Government advocates works if the Majorcans stay in their homes," Carrió said. "If you have done an act of bravery, you have rebelled, you have said that you are not resigned to giving our home to the Germans and the English and you have gone out into the street, things get complicated," she continued, and defined the driving as a "video game of overtaking cyclists".

The TIB, saturated

In parallel, Carrió has pointed out the saturation of interurban transport. The eco-sovereigntist has referred to a publication on social media that was echoed in the media. In one case, a young woman explained on Tiktok that users of public transport in tourist municipalities such as Magaluf and Valldemossa have to skip queues and confront some tourists because the buses are so full that, if they don't, they are left behind and arrive late for class or work. Due to these moments of tension, she regretted suffering anxiety and distress and arriving at work "trembling". arrived at work "trembling". "They don't want to limit vehicle entry, they are increasing the number of tourists to 20 million, we don't have buses for school trips, they want to keep us contained within the chaos," Carrió retorted: "Chaos is not managed, it is resolved."

The councilor Bauzà has limited himself to responding to the question about cycle tourists. He defended that their arrival "in the medium and low season" is "perfect for anticipating activity, providing benefits to local businesses and inland towns." In this regard, he insisted that cycle tourism "is not a problem" but "an opportunity," and accused the eco-sovereigntists of "having a problem with tourists and not with 'cycles'."