A British tourist told MailOnline exclusively this week that a massive anti-tourist protest in Majorca was 'intimidating' as she witnessed locals telling foreign diners outside of restaurants to 'go home'.
Eventually, as the small group with whistles and drums began to get louder and louder, a Majorcan who was dining nearby attempted to engage with the agitators.Polly Taylor told MailOnline that she and a group of pals were unwittingly caught up in an anti-tourism protest in Majorca this weekend An estimated 15,000 locals joined the protest that snaked through the capital Palma and headed for Weyler Square, where holidaymakers were out in force for dinner and drinks
'Now our government should open its doors wide open to you and call you to a meeting so that you can present your and our demands. One of its speakers said: 'This island should be a place where our children can grow up with safety and dignity, with controlled tourism that doesn't condition our lives.'
Patri and her husband were initially paying £500 per month for the rural three-bedroom house in the centre of the island. This increased to £690 per month before their landlord put the house up for sale.The spike in the property prices has been fuelled foreign investors, many of whom have turned family homes in tourist rental accommodation, local campaigners claim.
This weekend's protest, the largest of its kind since last month's Canary Islands' demos against mass tourism, was the second in 24 hours in the Balearic Islands. The protesters' demands included a limit on the number of vehicles that can enter the island in summer and a ban on using taxpayers' cash to promote Ibiza as a tourist destination.
People take part in a protest against mass tourism and gentrification in the island ahead of summer season in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, May 25, 2024Protesters hold a sign reading 'No to massification, less tourism, more life'
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