Around 300 people occupied Caló des Moro in Santanyi on Sunday in protest at beach overcrowding in Mallorca.
Photos of the Caló des Moro beach protest on June 16
Around 300 people occupied Caló des Moro in Santanyi on Sunday in protest at beach overcrowding in Mallorca. Organised by the Mallorca Platja Tour social media group, the rally started at eight o'clock. Initially there were just 20 people. Others gradually arrived and swelled the numbers.
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John GaughanOh, the British tabloids are having a heyday. Virtually all of them are running stories. And completely misrepresenting it as something "anti-british". Presumably because British tourism is the overwhelming majority (at about 18% in Mallorca, 20% in Spain overall). There just aren't any others, are there? So it has to be an anti-british thing. Besides, it makes us feel important. In French media, there's a few mentions. German media I count 2 so far. I'm not monitoring Scandinavian media. But because it actually isn't aimed at Brits, and considering that british tourism is a minority and declining anyway, the other 80% is largely unconcerned, and also this is complicated and won't go away quickly, I believe that regardless of what British tabloids say, it really doesn't matter. It's not going to change anytime soon. And there's plenty of other tourists, should Brits decide to go elsewhere (they won't anyway). So, enjoy Greece or Turkey or wherever you decide to go to protest the protest. The rest will be happy that take your place.
I live here, i know it's bad. But we've seen during COVID what tourism means for the island. I have a friend that lost the apartment he was renting because the bar closed and he couldn't pay the rent. One that lost his bar because the owner was asking for full price rent, even though there were no customers because there were no tourists. I bet none of the ones protesting work in a bar/restaurant or own one. From this message it feels like all they care about is going to the beach, forget the fact that people will have no work.
I do not think you realize how much coverage this is getting in the U.K. I have sympathy for your arguments but the damage you are doing to yourselves could come back to bite you on the hand. By all means reduce the number of flights to your Island and reduce the number of hotel rooms we have the choice of going elsewhere and once people have tried other countries and realized how much cheaper there holidays are in these places it will be very difficult to get them back. I have been holidaying in Majorca for 40 years and have 2 holidays booked for this year but have stayed in many various countries on holiday and it is sad to say our love affair with Majorca is wearing thin.
Enjoy being poor then !