New Mallorca anti-mass tourism protest called for July 21
“It’s time to take to the streets, get organised and stand up for real change."
Balearic president says 20 million tourists a year “is not sustainable” limits not being ruled out
Tourism generates 87% of GDP and 40% of employment in the Balearics.
Remind me ... what is a quality tourist?
The term quality tourism has caused offence in the past.
Environmentalists' campaign against tourist "massification"
SOS Tourism was a feature of the pandemic.
Tourism
Thirty per cent support for anti-tourism actions
Twenty-seven per cent of respondents reckoned that cruise ships were responsible for "massification".
Tourism
Armengol rejects Podemos tourism policy complaints
Podemos question 'Better in Winter' and the "massification" the campaign could cause in the low season.
Tourism
Town hall condemns latest Arran tourism protest
There were coordinated protests in Barcelona, Palma and Valencia.
Tourism
Massification demo calls for more courageous government measures
Estimates suggested that there were more than 3,000 demonstrators, though in the absence of official figures it was hard to tell.
Tourismphobia
"Massification" demo invokes the spirit of past protests
"The Francoist authorities and the local 'caciques' decided to impose the tourism industry on a predominantly agrarian island."
Majorca
Claims, Calvia, Cristal: the week in Majorca
Calvia and Britons were in the frame because of false claims and drugs crimes. "Massification" will massify a Palma square later this month. What does "de-growth" mean? And a famous bar closed.
Tourism
Government parties say massification demo is unnecessary
The government is meeting environmentalist demands, as with a doubling of the tourist tax and establishing a ceiling on the number of tourist accommodation places.
Hugh Morgan and his family have lived in Mallorca for generations.
Hugh Morgan and his family have lived in Mallorca for generations.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
Comment
Massifying the tourist numbers
Tourism discourse based on numbers that are either alarming or beneficial but are instead facile and simplistic.
Andrew Ede19/05/2023 11:15