Overtourism in Spain: residents have had enough, as protests erupt in Mallorca, Ibiza and the Canary Islands

Overtourism in Spain: residents have had enough, as protests erupt in Mallorca, Ibiza and the Canary Islands

Thousands of people have staged a protest in Spain’s Balearic Islands against mass tourism ahead of the summer season. Holding posters reading “SOS Residents”, “Enough Mass Tourism” and “Tourists Go Home” protesters marched through Palma de Mallorca, the capital of the largest of the Mediterranean Sea’s Balearic Islands, on May 25. About 10,000 demonstrators took … Read more