Balearics wave of tourism protests under the slogan ‘Let’s change course, let’s set limits to tourism’
The mass tourism issue is not going away
Some 300 people took part in the lkast beach protest in Mallorca. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma22/06/2024 10:26
Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera are coordinating inter-island protests under the slogan ‘Let’s change course, let’s set limits to tourism’, to jointly confront the social, labour and ecological aspects of “devouring” tourism development. In stated issued by the Balearic environmental body GOB, they pointed out that, faced with this scenario, different initiatives have been emerging on the four islands.
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Why not put the island mugging tax up to €1000 and then tell everyone that arrives that you hate them and don't want them to come back . Keep up with this nonsense , i'm sure it'll work out just fine comrades .
To demand “the necessary changes for a change of direction of the model that guarantees the fundamental rights” is wonderful. Bliss. But why not start by making changes yourselves rather than protest?!? No doubt that what they REALLY ask for is…. money, subsidies, etc etc. I’m seeing such a lack of initiative, entrepreneurial thinking here…. No wonder talented local kids all move away. Is that also the tourist’s fault?!
This change of attitude makes a lot of sense. Up to now many Mallorcans seem to blame tourists for coming to the island after their being expressly invited to do so. Yes, in some areas there are too many tourists (as they are also in UK villages and seaside towns). Local authorities on the island have a number of options: limit the number of flights per day; limit hotel accommodation in line with the control of private lettings; bar cruise ships from docking; remove licences for nightclubs and discos to address the problems at Magaluf etc; design regulations aimed at the tourist groups and numbers that are desired; make it illegal to sell properties to non-doms, thus putting the onus on the seller. Above all, a coherent policy is needed. It’s no good complaining on the one hand of too many visitors while simultaneously running advertising campaigns to attract them. It looks like people are waking up to this reality and rejecting the ‘tourists go home’ slogans which do not reflect the most constructive of attitudes.