An opinion survey on our website launched this morning could explain why there was a 10 percent drop in British tourism to the Balearics in July. Although the actual number of votes is still low (100 people have voted) the chief reason given for not coming on holiday to the islands this year was that it was too expensive.
Mallorca is "too expensive" and the anti-tourism protests did have an impact as number of British tourists falls by 10 percent in July
Bulletin online poll could show reasons for drop in tourism
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Look at the picture of the protestors. 16-25, well dressed and out for a good time. Taking selfies and enjoying the event. If you asked them to name three reasons why they were protesting they probably couldn't. Someone said let's go and protest and they followed like sheep. They are not serious politicos or debaters. And yet small groups like the one pictured are undoing decades of investment by the island in tourism promotion. And that undoing is now losing the island serious cash and will take a long time to recover. I expect that each protestor pictured knows someone who is employed in the tourism sector. Family, friends or acquaintances. So when these friends are made redundant and lose their livelihood I hope they will pay a visit to a protestor and teach them a lesson in basic economics. It's all so unnecessary and it's going to hurt a lot of locals. Shame on these people.