The holiday rental portal Holidu has carried out a study to discover the destinations with the highest number of tourists per inhabitant. By analysing the number of arrivals in 2023 compared to the population of the municipality, it has been possible to determine which towns are the most crowded with tourists and which ones should perhaps be avoided this summer.
Leading the way is Sant Llorenç des Cardassar which handles a total of 595,340 arrivals per year.
Most of these visitors, 563,055, are foreign tourists. Also in Mallorca, Capdepera, is visited by 39.3 tourists per inhabitant with a total of 446,320 arrivals per year, of which 381,958 are foreign.
And Mallorca is planning another protest against mass tourism for Sunday, during peak holiday season for British visitors. The protest was announced by the Mallorca Beach Tour group in a post on social media platform X, which called on demonstrators to “occupy our beaches” at 1pm on 11 August.
The date coincides with what Gatwick Airport has predicted will be the busiest day for passengers, with the island’s capital of Palma being one of the airport’s top three short-haul summer destinations alongside Malaga and Barcelona.
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clare cairnsYes, Clare, I'm well aware of that. I lived in that area for years. Most Brits aren't aware though, since it's commonly known that outside of Calvia is just barren wasteland - a kind of "no go" zone for Britons (with the exception of Calas de Mallorca perhaps). And being that Brits are overwhelmingly the dominant tourists here (a whopping 18%!) it seems inconceivable that there could be anything resembling "tourist overcrowding" in some outback uncharted wilderness where nobody goes. But then, it does beg the question of where the other 82% go. They can't all be in Arenal.
Morgan WilliamsCapdepera isn't in Calviá it is near Cala Rajada.
S L d C overcrowded with Tourists !! WHY ? There is nothing there !!!.
Isn't this in the uncharted wilderness outside of Calvia? How could it be "overcrowded"?