The Balearic Government announced this morning a new 8-million-euro aid package aimed at the tourism sector, as part of the second edition of the Water and Tourism forum being held this Wednesday at the ParcBit Auditorium in Palma
The Balearic Islands is earmarking eight million euros to improve water management in tourist establishments. This budget is aimed at promoting more efficient water management in tourist establishments in the Balearic Islands. This was announced by the President of the Government, Francina Armengol, during her speech at the second edition of the Water and Tourism forum. The meeting is being held this Wednesday at the ParcBit Auditorium in Palma and is focused on good practices in sustainable water management in tourist establishments in the Balearic Islands.
The aid package will be financed with European funds (Resilience) and the aim is that with this money improvements can be undertaken during the coming winter (2023-2024). According to it, tourist establishments will be able to carry out improvements in aspects related to the management of the water cycle. 
These include aspects such as the reuse of waste water, the replacement of swimming pool filtering systems, the installation of swimming pool water reuse systems, making visitors aware of water consumption and encouraging the visualisation of water consumption in tourist establishments, among others. In addition, incentives will be provided for the installation of elements such as the double push button on cisterns or water aerators on taps and showers, as well as other more advanced elements with the aim of making better use of grey water or rainwater for irrigation.
LIFE+WAT’SAVEREUSE Project
The second Water and Tourism Forum is organised within the framework of the LIFE+WAT’SAVEREUSE project with the collaboration of the Hotel Federation of Mallorca. Throughout the day, water experts and various stakeholders from the tourism sector shared their experiences and common challenges when it comes to approaching water cycle management measures.
The LIFE+WAT’SAVEREUSE project aims to help alleviate the environmental problem of water scarcity and drought by carrying out awareness-raising campaigns to reduce the overall water consumption of tourists during their stay in hotels by at least 10%.
It also aims to promote and raise awareness among tourism industry stakeholders on water saving and reuse, encourage the tourism industry to implement at least five water reuse solutions, strengthen collaboration between public administrations and operators in the value chain and reduce overall freshwater consumption by 30 %.
The project, financed by the LIFE programme, is coordinated by the Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euroregion and involves nine participants from Catalonia, Occitania and the Balearic Islands.
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