Anti-tourism protesters have warned they could bring Palma airport to standstill. Tourists go home' graffiti has emerged in Mallorca following protests'Tourists go home’ graffiti has reappeared in Mallorca following a weekend of protests in Palma, as activists threaten to bring the island's airport to a standstill.
'It is a proposal that has no place within a society like the one we live in today, a measure that is currently classified as a crime,' said Jaume Bauza, the tourism minister for the Balearic Islands.Protesters shout at shocked holidaymakers enjoying dinner and drinks in Palma over the weekend. Protesters hold a banner reading 'Mallorca is not for sale' during a demonstration to protest against mass tourism and housing prices
On Wednesday, graffiti spelling out the words 'Tourists Go Home' emerged on access signs pointing to the Tramontana mountains in the island. It played on the colloquial Spanish expression Guiri which is used to portray northern European tourists like the British holidaymakers partying in Magaluf, usually in a mildly offensive way.The Palma protest was organised by Banc del Temps, a group which hails from the inland Mallorcan town of Sencelles and has claimed 25,000 people joined in the demonstration, although government officials have put the figure at around 10,000.
Campaigners held up banners saying ‘We don’t want an island of cement’ and ‘Tourism, yes but not like this’ as they massed outside Ibiza Council’s HQ.