Three organisations - Endavant-OSAN, Arran and Joves del GOB - have placed banners by six beaches which draw attention to the increased number of tourist places in Majorca. Slogans include: "435,707 places is sustainable tourism? Decrease for a decent life!". The banners form part of the campaign Sovereignty, Rights and Self-Determination.
Tourismphobia
Youth agitators' banners demand a decrease in tourism
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Complete the sale of my property at the end of the month. You have your wish I'm off.
I am curious how our dear Croats will solve mass-tourism. I have a suspicion the Gorans and Mladens at the lovely Croatian coastal towns will not use banners and confetti. It will be quite a spectacle. Have a nice holiday in Croatia, folks. Don't say I didn't warn you.
If the government continues with increasing tourism tax these protesters will get their way, people will not be forced into paying the tax and will look else where, and without tourism it is likely Mallorca and the lovely people of Mallorca will suffer by losing jobs and income
Reading all the comments, it looks like the youngsters are succeeding. A lot less tourists next year, nice! I can agree with some of your remarks, but most of you are using a philanthrophic dress to hide they are misanthropic to the bone. Naked people, who thinks that money can buy everything. Red in the face from the sun or from the shame?
I am grateful for these youngsters pointing out the error of our ways. After 30 + years of 2/3 two week holidays each year in Puerto Alcudia/ Pollensa area our extended family of 18 plus friends have all decided to book a holiday together in Croatia next year. Everyone says how friendly and welcoming the Croats are - it will be a welcome change. Very pleased to be able to help these wise young people out. Now that we are coming out of the EU we will not be contributing to their unemployment benefit.
What are these people proposing as an alternative to the tourism to which they object? Does the roof above their head and the food in their bellies and the clothes upon their back come from some magical place to which only they have access? If so, please share it with the rest of us. Or, if there is no such place of magic, prepare for poverty.
Imagine going to a fruit seller and being told that he only sells apples. That is the mistake Mallorca made many, many years ago. They got lazy and placed their total dependence on tourism. Sure just as the fruit seller sells different types of apples, Mallorca appeals to different types of tourists (cyclists etc.) but anybody who knows anything about business will tell you that putting all your apples in one basket is not a good idea. Forget all the negative tourism slogans, all it would take is a 'major' event here to send all the tourists elsewhere and then what? We need to diversify and soon because that does not happen overnight. Other places have done it and done it successfully. Was this not the whole idea behind that monstrosity of a Convention Centre?
Maybe these 'agitators' have a valid point and cause to complain about, but by directing there anger at us Tourists they will only achieve one thing, people starting to look at other destinations for their summer vacations. There are already enough trouble spots in the world where we can't or don't want to go, through terrorism etc without adding lovely Majorca to that list because of 'agitators' . Like others on here I too wonder how many of these 'agitators' families work or have worked in the Tourist Industry, not just Hotels but the whole of the industry, drivers delivering goods to shops,hotels,bars, restaurants, all the staff involved, then the cleaners, council workers that clean beaches,streets and emptying litter bins, Gardeners keeping those flowers looking lovely, Im sure many more i've missed. Lose tourists and many of those people will be out of work and no where to live. So yes regulate tourism through the Government and NOT please through driving us tourist away and never to return to the beautiful shores and people....of Majorca!
The children will be back at school soon.No doubt to study tourism.Wonder if any of their family work in tourism?
We are heading for a recession brought by some backward youth and an even more backward government, it's already gone deadly quiet and it's still August !