Majorcans furious over mass tourism have gotten exactly what they asked for as new snaps reveal that Magaluf - one of the island's top holiday hotspots - is half empty , just days after thousands of locals raised hell in a mass protest.
Meanwhile, locals appear to be happy lying on the public beach for free, refusing to pay businesses often-extortionate prices to use their leisure facilities.One image showed a young woman sitting in the shaded sand underneath one, having seemingly not paid to rent it Even the paths that run alongside the beaches in Magaluf, best known for its vibrant nightlife that almost exclusively serves tourists, are all but empty.Businesses told the Majorcan Daily Bulletin that they are deeply concerned that tourists have been driven away by the protests, just days before peak season is set to begin.
Read More Fury over £60-a-day charge to use sunbeds in Palma: Outcry in Majorca over huge price to use beach facilities Organisers of Saturday's march in Palma involving around 15,000 people, in which some foreign holidaymakers were heckled, promised afterwards: 'This is just the start of things.' She responded to Saturday's protest by saying: 'I understand the discontent but us Mallorcans, who live directly or indirectly from tourism, cannot expect to go to the beach in July and August like we did years ago.'Restaurants, bars and cafes are seeing few patrons, and even fewer waiters and waitresses serving a handful of items, mostly drinks
One, commenting on the idea of a beach protest, said: 'I think it's a great idea, a local resident getting to his beach or cove earlier than a foreigner after a night of revelry.' He said at a press conference he was considering measures limiting or banning party boats and modifying local legislation so that when bars and nightclubs closed in tourist areas they couldn't be reopened with the same type of licences.A demonstrator holds a sign that reads 'rebels with out a house'
Today it emerged more graffiti with the words 'Tourist Go Home' has been scrawled on access signs to the beautiful Tramontana mountains. The banners campaigners carried included one with the offensive message: 'Salvem Mallorca, guiris arruix' which in Catalan Spanish means 'Let's save Majorca, foreigners out'.
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