The Guardia Civil are investigating incidents in which eggs were thrown at coaches transferring tourists from the airport. Three coach companies reported these incidents which occurred in the "Llevant" district of the island, meaning the east.
The windscreens of six coaches were hit by eggs between ten and eleven at night. These attacks seemingly all took place on the same night. Drivers report seeing the eggs being thrown from a black vehicle but have been unable to give further detail.
The Balearic transport federation has denounced the incidents and has highlighted the safety risks. "Drivers can make defensive manouevres which can endanger the safety of passengers," says the federation's manager Salvador Servera. He adds that the federation and the companies have no idea who might have been responsible and whether it was just a case of hooliganism. Servera notes that there are no labour disputes which could explain them but is cautious in suggesting that they were cases of anti-tourism. However, the president of the federation, Rafael Roig, said that the incidents can damage the the tourism image of the Balearics.
The federation held a meeting yesterday at which it was agreed to intensify cooperation with police forces in order to find out who the perpetrators were. "You can't talk about simple acts of protest but about a serious crime that put people's lives at risk."
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This is why we voted for a hard Breggsit.
I thought all the mindless morons lived in the UK, seems I was greatly mistaken. The action by these faceless morons could've caused a serious accident resulting in injuries and even fatalities, thankfully the drivers managed to avoid that happening. Do the faceless ones not realise that without tourism there would be no Majorca, just imagine if every Hotel stood empty, Restaurants closed and all the Local people employed in the industry were all unemployed.Is that what they want to see, they could then cover the Island with their graffiti sprayed on the walls and windows, thats happening now. Some people make light of this incident, but how long before someone gets hurt, tourists start retaliating, mass brawls across the Island, it's going to happen. Me I'll find elsewhere to take my sunshine breaks, somewhere the locals welcome tourists to enjoy their hospitality just like Majorca once did!!
Phil, if this was the Second World War, we would have scrambled the airforce!
Gary, this is no yoke!
Falklands war exactly the same and the same area seems the fathers bred children to do the same against anything it does nit like Take away tourism and this island would collapsePlenty of othet islands waitng for Mallorca to destroy itself
15 years ago the Hospitality workers in the Hotrls were on strike, they marched through the tourist resorts, throwing eggs at restaurant windows, marched into restaurants that had stayed open, picked up tourist food plates, chucked them on the floor and yanked the chairs away from the tourists bottoms. The height of customer service !!!
If these eggs were boiled, I think the only way to tackle it, is by using soldiers.
There is a day in Mallorca when the youth throw eggs at each other. I can not remember the day, or the reason associated with this tradition. But, I hope they were not hard boiled. This would be a very serious action. Although in the heat, eggs would become scrambled , when thrown normally.. I hope the Guardia/Policia start to patrol these areas, and catch these irresponsible idiots. The frightening bang that occurs when eggs hit a moving coach, is very shocking and distressing.
This would be a worrying escalation by the anti tourism brigade if it is them who carried out the attacks. How long before groups of tourists are attacked. However, that would need the attackers to face their victims and not drive away like cowards into the night.