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CAEB demands “urgent measures to avert the terrible image” of the port of es Botafoc on Ibiza

The lack of taxis and buses, shade and services for cruise passengers is a "very clear demonstration of what is dying from success" for Ibiza as a destination, warns CAEB vice president José Antonio Roselló.

Many have been left outraged, including the heads of the Confederation of Business Associations of the Balearic Islands (CAEB) after the images of dozens of tourists recently disembarked from a cruise ship last Thursday in the area of es Botafoc waiting for a cab, without bus service in the scorching sun due to the lack of shaded areas has many outraged, and do not understand this “terrible image” for the island that “must be nipped in the bud“.

The vice president for Ibiza and Formentera of the CAEB, José Antonio Roselló, before falling into “easy criticism”, makes a “call to those who have the ability to regulate this issue to get down to work very quickly”. “Our destination, with hotels and holiday homes, restaurants and every service, aims to make people happy, not to make them go through hardships” like in the port of es Botafoc.

CAEB vice president urges to start with the cruise companies

Roselló considers this situation “inadmissible” and “urges, begs, to begin with the cruise company”, to take action. At the moment when hundreds of cruise passengers were getting off the ‘Costa Toscana’ there was only one taxi at the stop. The indignation quickly ignited among them and moments of great tension were experienced.

A taxi driver acknowledged that there were no cabs but not because they do not want to go to es Botafoc: “The problem is that at the time when the cruise ships arrive there is a lot of demand for taxis everywhere. In addition, the dock is not on the way, there’s no need to go there, unless you take a client. And even if you do go, at the taxi rank at the Talamanca traffic circle there is always a client who raises their hand, so it is normal that there are no taxis in es Botafoc,” he explained.

Morrás and growth

The Councilor for Mobility for the City Council of Ibiza, Aitor Morrás, shares the idea of the impossibility of managing certain peaks in demand: “1,000 people suddenly arrive at the port and need a taxi. What do we do? Do we put a thousand more cabs in circulation? It is impossible to handle this peak of overdemand. Nor can we grow in an undefinitely”. Morrás asks to open the debate on saturation: “We should reflect on how far we want to continue growing, because it is inevitable that overcrowding results in a loss of service quality”.

For the full article, please visit Diario de Ibiza website here.

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