Stop tourist bashing in Mallorca

Hilarious day yesterday. Parked up in Inca, took train to Palma, returned and couldn't find car. Wrote down where I had parked but no one seemed to know the street. However, several people I asked, both young and old could not have been kinder. I eventually ended up at the BIP supermarket in Inca and a gentleman, and he was a gentleman, not only helped to find the street but drove me to where my car was parked. Didn't get his name but would just like to say thank you to him for helping a silly uk granny and to the Mallorcan people who I have always found to be very tolerant and kind.

James Walker"People need to understand it's the Mallorquins themselves that have created astronomical prices" Bloody greedy foreigners. If it were all English owned, we wouldn't have these problems (not). "They have owned everything from bars to shops to apartments to houses here. And have sold them at outrageous prices with great profit." I suspect if the tables were turned, you'd be first in line to proclaim "Why should we sell for less than we can get?". The problem isn't local greed. It's that Mallorca has become increasingly attractive to foreigners who have the money and are happy to pay for it. Surely you'd sell your property for a very high price if you could? Or would you charge half because it would be "nice"? "Taxes here are incredibly high" More or less the same as anywhere - including England. Have you seen property taxes in the US for example? Orders of magnitude higher than here. And it's annually recurring, not a one-off.

I too travelled from Porto Cristo on Monday, by bus. I am not a tourist but am an English resident. I was physically abused at the bus stop by a local man who tried to prevent me from boarding the bus by blocking my entry. I had been sitting at the stop for an hour as I have a disability but the usual fight to board buses is more important apparently than common decency! I see Increasing hostility towards anyone who is not ‘local’ - racism and anger are not uncommon. I now have an anti social neighbour who tells me they can do whatever they want because I am not Mallorquin and that I have no rights! I also see problems created by tourists and there is no doubt that solutions need to be found to address this behaviour, and to improve the standard of living for local people. However the reality of increasing anger towards those who are not ‘local’ and who live on and love the island also needs to be acknowledged and addressed. Everyone’s voice deserves to be heard!

People need to understand it's the Mallorquins themselves that have created astronomical prices. They have owned everything from bars to shops to apartments to houses here. And have sold them at outrageous prices with great profit. This creates a price boom to the cost of living across the board. How is it the average tourists fault, if anything Mallorca should be happy these people choose to come back because in the last 20 years everything has more than doubled in price. The problem is the greed and the government. The average wage is terrible in comparison to the cost of living. Taxes here are incredibly high.

So who is 'bashing the tourists' ? It's a lie put out by the British gutter press. I don't think anyone is 'bashing tourists' - they are criticizing the government, hotels etc etc for their short term greed and model of never ending increasing of tourist numbers. It's not sustainable.