‘Empty hotels, no rental cars and no cyclists’ chant anti-tourist zealots as thousands storm ‘historic’ Majorca protest
Locals on Majorca have even goaded English tourists over the Three Lions’ 2-1 defeat to Spain in Euro 2024 FinalFurther demonstrations have shaken Venice, where protesters clashed with police in April after it became the first city in the world to charge visitors an entry feeMore than 2,000 miles away in the Canary Islands tens of thousands took to the streets, while a few protesters even went on hunger strike.
Each year more than 2.3million Brits holiday on the isle, which measures 45 miles by 60 and has fewer than a million full-time residents.Regional government spokesman Antoni Costa pleaded with locals to show restraint. Protester Rosario Correo, said: “We are not against tourism — we’re asking that they change this model that allows for unlimited growth of tourism.”He said: “Has anyone considered that in a European country in which its great strength is the car industry, the population demonstrates against it?”Locals warned that the new levy of €5 — £4.
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