Councillor Toni Morillas calls on the municipal government of the PP to use the regulations for booths to contain the costs of attractions and consumables, warning that the tourist orientation of the festival is displacing residents.
The councillor for Izquierda Unida in the Málaga City Council, Toni Morillas, has urged the Partido Popular government team to intervene to stop the rising costs of the Málaga Fair. In her opinion, the increase in prices for attractions and consumables is leaving many Málaga families unable to participate in a celebration that should be for everyone.
Morillas argues that the City Council cannot limit itself to organising the celebration but must ensure that it is affordable for the resident population. To this end, she points to a specific tool: the municipal regulations governing the granting of booths. According to the councillor, these rules provide room to set limits on certain amounts, an option that, she claims, has not been utilised by the local government.
The IU leader does not present the cost of attractions and consumables as isolated issues but as expenses that accumulate when a family wants to enjoy the Fair. This total, she warns, can turn a festive activity into a financial burden and cause some Málaga households to reduce their attendance.
A model increasingly oriented towards tourism
Morillas links this demand to the general orientation that the festivities are taking. In her view, the Fair has been acquiring an increasingly tourist-focused profile, which may lead to the displacement of locals in favour of visitors. The councillor understands that the arrival of tourists is part of the city's planning but questions whether this goal ultimately conditions prices, spaces, and activities.
The IU representative believes that the greater presence of tourism may make Málaga residents feel less represented in certain places and proposals. She is not only referring to the possibility of paying for an attraction or a consumable but also to the connection between locals and a festival that, in her opinion, must maintain a recognisable local participation.
The councillor places this discussion in a broader context: the city model. Her concern is that the celebration increasingly responds to the expectations of those arriving in Málaga and less to the needs of those who reside there year-round.
Morillas' demand is directed straight at the PP government team, asking them to leverage their regulatory capacity to establish conditions that prevent rising costs from becoming an obstacle to participation. The councillor argues that the festivities must retain an open dimension for residents and not be conditioned by a price escalation.
Meanwhile, the Málaga Fair maintains its usual schedule, with the lighting planned for next August. The IU proposal now awaits the City Council's response, which must decide whether to incorporate price limits in future editions.
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