Balearic Islands, Spain
Score: 50
"The destination is mass-tourism oriented. There have been attempts to revise the tourism product. However, the pressures and the intensity of development are so high that a reversal is unlikely."
"Traditional tourism is now replaced by secondary residence tourism and the built environment is growing every year. Sustainable regional development has not been adequately addressed, and the islander culture, as well as the language, is in danger."
"Overcrowded, mass tourism, unappealing, beaches in poor condition."
"Contrast between coast (heavy impacts) and interior (fewer impacts)."
Costa del Sol, Spain
Score: 41
"The epitome of overdeveloped mass-tourism."
"Bulldoze and start again. Jerry-built flats and hotels, abysmal architecture, degraded beaches. Too much built, too quick with too little forethought—the antithesis of sustainability."
