Majorca is heaving with anti-tourism protestors brandishing placards, signs and even a model cruise liner. Locals are making their feelings known about the quantity of holidaymakers descending on their island every year – with a firm message.
A sea of people have slowly paced through the capital, Palma, as part of an ongoing demonstration against the huge waves of tourism the Balearics receives each year, along with the Canary Islands and mainland Spain.Â
Groups have been seen holding hand-written messages scrawled onto banners which read: “too many tourists.” Another says: “We used to have a life…”
The ongoing pressures of tourism on locals has been a hot topic in recent months, with residents blaming constant surges of holidaymakers as a reason why rents are unaffordable and the housing crisis is reaching its peak.Â
The latest action has taken place in the height of summer, and just as some of the UK’s schools have broken up for the summer holidays. Majorca is a key destination for Brits, with the party resort of Magaluf being only a 20 minute car journey away.
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