They pointed out, as part of the inter-island campaign, a ‘’Let’s change course’ demonstration has been called in Ibiza, following on from the protests in Mallorca and Menorca. In addition, the platform has joined forces with groups in other areas where anti-tourism protests have taken place. They have also begun working on promoting an autumn of demonstrations and action to denounce the situation.
“Our territories have limits and so does the planet. Tourist exploitation is surpassing them and we will organise ourselves to stop and reverse these processes”, they concluded.
The group’s demands are:
1. Housing, a guaranteed right. Implement real measures to take housing off the market so that everyone has access to it. For example, regulate the sale of housing to non-residents by establishing requirements such as a minimum length of time of residence.
2. No investment of public money in infrastructure expansion, no more airports,no more ports, no new roads, no desalination plants...Decrease in the number of flights, ban on private jets and a freeze on the number of recreational boats and a limit on vessels mooring off the coast.
3. No to the hyper-commercialisation of the coast, saturated with nautical and beach toys.
4. Improving and guaranteeing access to all public services: health, education, public transport, social services, etc.public transport, social services.
5. Freeze on all new tourist places both in hotels and apartments.
6. Eliminate and/or convert old hotels.
No more promotion of tourism. No more tourist fairs.
7. Limit the entry of vehicles and set a maximum number of rental vehicles in circulation.
8. Increase the rate of the tourist tax.
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tranq tranquerThe orange buffoon is another good example of giving "them" much too much credit ... for secretly stealing the election, secretly enlisting thousands of dedicated apparatchiks sworn to secrecy to perform the fake electoral, without leaving even a shred of evidence of any of it. Incredible feat that even the orange buffoon can't seem to do (he always seems to get caught). You really think "they" could do that?
Richard PearsonNo I mean make Mallorca a more pleasant, quieter, relaxing and satisfying place to live. Great is the perfect trumpian word. Everything has to be bigger better brasher again ie as it was ( or should have been ) before. Total delusion. Accuse me of pedantry if you will, but we live on an island called Mallorca. The English in England call it Majorca but here it is Mallorca. Even this publication, whose masthead title is Majorca, ( a registered company name ) uses Mallorca in the text. Of course if you live in the UK that is fine, but that begs the question, why are you so concerned with how we live our lives here ?
tranq tranquerYou mean make Majorca great again ?
Morgan WilliamsNice one. Commies under the bed is so old hat. Richard - As for the orange buffoon - I don't see the link. One group is trying, for better or worse depending on your viewpoint, to improve where they live. Trump's sole focus is me me me along with a psychotic ability to hold a grudge for decades against anyone he perceives to have been against him.
So that debunks the theory that DT had something to do with Jan 6th
oouoo oouooI think you're giving "them" a bit too much credit. "They" couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery, let alone a secret conspiracy involving thousands of co-conspirators. It's a bunch of people unhappy with overcrowding and the cost of living. Really, that's all it is. No secret commie plot, sorry. Or did you come up with that theory based on what *you* would do?
Implement everything on that list and it's bye-bye economy. Still, there are plenty of nicer places to visit.
Stan The ManState employees don’t tend to lose their jobs. They just get shuffled around.
It would be very interesting to learn of those who have protested. How many have as a direct action have LOST their jobs?. How many of them have also gone BANKRUPT or lost their business.? But I doubt it can be determined.
The recent anti-tourism protests in Mallorca are not about protecting the island – they are a calculated move by left-wing activists to stir unrest after losing power in May. Tourism is the lifeblood of Mallorca, and opposing it is economic suicide. These demonstrations didn’t surface until the left was ousted, revealing a political agenda masquerading as grassroots activism. It’s a deliberate attempt to destabilise the new government by attacking what fuels the island’s prosperity, all under the guise of protecting locals. This is about power, not preservation.