{"id":99413,"date":"2024-07-22T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/your-paradise-our-nightmare-thousands-attend-anti-tourism-protest-in-mallorca\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T10:30:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:30:04","slug":"your-paradise-our-nightmare-thousands-attend-anti-tourism-protest-in-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/your-paradise-our-nightmare-thousands-attend-anti-tourism-protest-in-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Your paradise, our nightmare’: Thousands attend anti-tourism protest in Mallorca"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some 10,000 people took to the streets of Mallorca in the latest protest against mass tourism there.<\/p>\n

Locals carried banners that read: “Your paradise, our nightmare” and “Tourism yes – but not this much” as they marched in Palma de Mallorca on Sunday.<\/p>\n

An anti-tourism movement has swept the Canary and Balearic Islands – as well as Barcelona – in recent months, with locals claiming housing is in short supply and prices are being pushed up due to the sheer number of visitors.<\/p>\n

Mallorca receives around 14 million foreign visitors a year.<\/p>\n

There are fewer than a million full-time residents on the island.<\/p>\n

Tourism generates roughly 45% of the Spanish island’s GDP, but locals are calling for limits to be imposed.<\/p>\n

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Pere Joan Femenia, of Menys Turisme, Mas Vida (Less Tourism, More Life), which organised Sunday’s protest said: “Mass tourism is making it difficult for local people who cannot afford to live on their own island because tourist flats push up prices.<\/p>\n

“Tourists fill up beaches and put a strain on public services in the summer.<\/p>\n

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“We want to cut mass tourism and to ban non-residents from buying houses which are just used for a few months a year or for speculation.”<\/p>\n

Similar rallies took place in Mallorca and Menorca in June<\/strong><\/a> – and in April.<\/p>\n

In Ibiza and Majorca, fines have been introduced<\/strong><\/a> for people caught drinking in the street as a way to disincentivize people from visiting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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