The demonstration Canviem El Rumb: posem límits al turisme, (Change course: limit tourism) which will take place on Sunday July 21 at 19:00h at the Intermodal Station public transport station in Plaza de España, Palma. The message is clear: “It’s time to take to the streets, get organised and stand up for real change, to stop the impacts of the current tourism and economic model. We want a change of course to guarantee the rights of all people and the respect and protection of natural spaces, of our land and our villages.
We demand measures that guarantee:
- Access to decent housing.
-An end to property speculation, gentrification and neighbourhood eviction.
- Improving public
services
- Decent and well-paid
jobs, put an end to precariousness
- The conservation and regeneration of natural areas
- Respect for our culture and our language
"We will make our vision felt everywhere. We must set limits to tourism and work towards a fairer and more sustainable socio-economic model."
The organisers have said that they want this demonstration to be “a turning point, a statement, and the start of actions and mobilisations on the four islands, not only in Mallorca, which will extend beyond the summer”.
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Guido FawkesGood on you for not reading the sun, mail express, et al... British tabloids often imply it's "anti-British", rather than "anti-tourist". But they also say that Brits account for the overwhelming majority of tourism (at around 20% in Spain, a little less in the Balearics), which of course implies that Brits are pretty much the ONLY tourists - or at least the only important ones, and therefore implicitly, the "anti-tourist" movement is decidedly "anti-British". Pretzel logic, at best, but it draws clicks. And now, the "anti-tourist" movement is conducting a protest just when the British holidays begin. Coincidence? Hardly. The tabloids will be having a heyday with that one. Fortunately (as you suggest) whether a tourist is British or not is completely irrelevant to the "anti-tourist" movement. They really couldn't care less.
Morgan WilliamsI haven't read anywhere that the protestors are finding out the nationality of holiday maker before they target them.
Aha! We always knew this was really another anti-british (or anti-english) movement. The timing says it all. Besides, you read about it in the sun, mail, and express and all the other British tabloids every day. Proof positive!
Meanwhile, the drug barons of Shantytown build their barricades ever higher and enlarge their lawless empire unopposed.
You mean English holidays. School sin Scotland are already off.