Argument over top Mallorca beach restaurant
Deya beach is a magnet for celebrities every summer.
Balearic president says 20 million tourists a year “is not sustainable” limits not being ruled out
Tourism generates 87% of GDP and 40% of employment in the Balearics.
"The model is exhausted and, contrary to what we thought, resources are not inexhaustible"
José Luis Gallego (Barcelona, 1964) will participate in the Mallorca Experience eForum (June 19 and 20 at Es Baluard Museu).
Mass tourism protests do not appear to be putting Britons off the Balearics
Sunday tourism "protest" did not have government permission.
“Mallorca is wonderful, I’ve known it for 55 years, but it needs an adult tourism strategy”
“Mallorca, as I’ve said, is a wonderful island. It’s paradise. All of us lucky enough to live here should be extremely grateful and look after the island, manage it properly. It’s a vicious circle but it has to be brought under control.”
Some 300 people took part in the lkast beach protest in Mallorca.
Some 300 people took part in the lkast beach protest in Mallorca.
Sunday's tourism protest in Mallorca.
Sunday's tourism protest in Mallorca.
Mallorca’s tourism turmoil
“Tourist go home is the message and let’s be honest, it’s not a very welcoming one, is it?”
Everybody needs to be responsible in Mallorca
Clubs and pubs should play their part in promoting respect.
The scratches to the hire car and the warning sticker.
The scratches to the hire car and the warning sticker.
Hire cars being vandalised in Mallorca
Stickers warning: “Your rental car is not safe. Beware of the locals, they are angry."
Mallorcans storm the beaches in protest against overcrowding
“We will continue fighting for the interests of citizens and for coexistence between residents and tourists."
Anti-tourism saturation protests move to Mallorca's beaches this weekend.
Anti-tourism saturation protests move to Mallorca's beaches this weekend.
Mallorcans being called on to storm the beaches this weekend
Residents being urged to take a stand and "recover the beaches"
Tourism protest to take to te streets of Palma again.
Tourism protest to take to te streets of Palma again.
Tourist-bashing is back in fashion
The anti-tourism movement appears to have a fresh set of lungs in Spain.
Tourists seen on the beach in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands
Tourists seen on the beach in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands.
Learn to love tourists again
Mallorca appears, well for the large part, to have got over its visceral anti-tourism stance but now other parts of Spain have got issues.
Anti-foreigners target homes, shops and real estate agents in Palma, Mallorca
Sends out the wrong message and further fuels the anti-tourism and foreigners debate.
Comment
Mallorca mass tourism protests can stop now
On the whole, the foreign media is not interested in the ins and outs of local politicians; they’ll take what they see and run with it and that is that Mallorca does not want tourists.
Humphrey Carter21/06/2024 12:37