Latest figures showing that the total population of the Balearics has now topped 1,250,000, there is further talk of a "demographic bomb" because of the rising population and an economic model that is so geared to tourism.
Margalida Ramis of the environmentalists GOB says that this growth "is a territorial and demographic bomb as well as a social bomb". "On the one hand, we are selling paradise, and on the other we are attracting labour." It is driven by a cycle of speculation, tourism, and construction which "fuels capital that doesn't stay on the islands".
She is critical of Balearic Government plans to liberalise land policies. These will result in more people, there already being "a feeling of invasion". By the same token, "the more people who want access to a limited territory, who will stay?" "There's a process of expulsion."
Government vice-president Antoni Costa says the current rate of growth needs to be slowed. He points to the need for more funding and resources. This funding is necessary to "improve and adapt infrastructure" - from water to services such as healthcare and education.
"The primary cause of growth is an economic model with a high demand for low-skilled workers". The "key measure", therefore, is to transform this model to "grow in value, not in volume" and contain the tourism sector.
The latest figures show that, as of July 1, there were 12,501 more people than twelve months previously. Ninety-five per cent of this growth was non-Spanish.