Palma City to Invest 5 Million Euros from Sustainable Tourism Tax in Dino Minigolf Renaturalization Project, Despite Expired Concession and Neighborhood Opposition

The concession ended on July 27 and, at the suggestion of the councilor of Unidas Podemos, Lucía Muñoz, the plenary session of the Cort was approved in April this place will be reclaimed for the municipality and implement the renaturalization project.

The Sangguniang Panlungsod expressed that there is commitment to the neighbors of not to take the minigolf concession again and break it. However, it is possible that a temporary extension of several months may be necessary, while the project progresses and Cort negotiates the property. Another option is to close. In any case, The goal is to destroy everything.

Expired concession

The Arenal-Playa de Palma Neighborhood Association expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that continue the business that the concession has expired. The association understands that they must “hand over the keys” since, as a concession that lasted for 30 years, there is a lot of room to prevent this situation. In addition, they pressed the urgency of its closure to combat the “decaying tourism” of Playa de Palma. In this sense, the neighbors warned that “the City Council must enforce the law” and lose that, as things stand, it makes it easier for the company to close the season. In fact, according to the entity, the beach club is the most important activity, “the one that earns a lot of money” for successful bidders, before the minigolf itself.

“Like the gas stations in Palma, which are still open, though They pay daily fines», they launched from the neighborhood platform. The Neighborhood Association assured that it has been asking for information from the City Council for a long time but They are still waiting for an answer.