Tens of thousands of fed-up residents marched through the streets of Majorca last weekend (21 July) brandishing placards featuring slogans such as "We can’t anymore" and "It’s not tourism-phobia, it’s Majorquicide".
The Balearics are keen to improve the tourist experience by spreading visitation more throughout the year (Credit: iStock)
The protest was the latest flashpoint in a wave of discontent that has swept across Spain and its islands since April, perhaps most notably seen and felt in the Balearics, the Canaries and Barcelona.
Locals say mass tourism is making their lives extremely difficult, with visitors filling up beaches and stretching public services while exacerbating ongoing housing shortages and increasingly high rental costs on the island as more real estate is turned over to tourist accommodation.
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