Motorhome numbers rise in popular tourist area of Spain with major city to soon impose overnight parking ban [Video]

REGISTRATION of new motorhomes in the Balearic Islands grew by 36% last year, according to the Spanish Association for the Caravanning Industry and Commerce.

The upturn comes as mobile home owners in Palma on Mallorca will soon have to deal with a civic ordnance banning overnight stays in public areas.

City mayor, Jaime Martinez recently said that ‘caravans cannot become a housing solution or an uncontrolled tourism model’.

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His comments brought a strong reaction from one motorhome group who said what they do is a legitimate form of sustainable tourism.

“They are criminalising us for no reason and the only thing we want are adequate spaces to park and coexist in harmony with the city,” it said.

For example, spending a night in a motorhome parked in a public area could incur a fine of up to €1,500.

People living in motorhomes at improvised settlements, such as by the Son …