{"id":13376,"date":"2016-09-13T14:45:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=13376"},"modified":"2016-09-13T14:45:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:45:30","slug":"ibizas-government-says-the-island-cant-sustain-its-constant-tourism-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/09\/ibizas-government-says-the-island-cant-sustain-its-constant-tourism-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibiza&#8217;s Government Says the Island Can&#8217;t Sustain Its Constant Tourism Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13377\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ibiza-unsustainable-tourism-growth-body-image-1468871944-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Ibiza Island\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ibiza-unsustainable-tourism-growth-body-image-1468871944-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ibiza-unsustainable-tourism-growth-body-image-1468871944-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ibiza-unsustainable-tourism-growth-body-image-1468871944-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ibiza-unsustainable-tourism-growth-body-image-1468871944-103x67.jpg 103w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ibiza-unsustainable-tourism-growth-body-image-1468871944.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he director of Ibiza&#8217;s Department of Tourism, Vicente Torres, explained in <a href=\"http:\/\/pulseradio.net\/articles\/2016\/07\/ibiza-government-the-island-can-t-handle-more-tourists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">an interview with <em>Pulse<\/em><\/a> yesterday that the island has a &#8220;limited capacity&#8221; and simply cannot sustain constant increases in tourism. The island is only 572 km\u00b2, so there are realistic limits to what can be expected from it in terms of potable water, &#8220;infrastructures such as roads, treatment and desalination plants, etc.,&#8221; and general environmental strains, he said.At this point in time, the island is looking to make changes in order to abate long term effects.<\/p>\n<p>This is an excerpt from an article first published by <em>the Thump.<\/em>\u00a0Read the original article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/thump.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/ibiza-unsustainable-tourism-growth\">Ibiza&#8217;s Government Says the Island Can&#8217;t Sustain Its Constant Tourism Growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The director of Ibiza&#8217;s Department of Tourism, Vicente Torres, explained in an interview that the island has a &#8220;limited capacity&#8221; and simply cannot sustain constant increases in tourism. 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