Thousands of people have been protesting across the Canary Islands against tourism. Claims have been made it's not sustainable and has a damaging effect on the environment and locals lives.
Locals in Mallorca have urged residents to storm the island's beaches in protest against mass tourism - while holiday operator TUI claims the Balearic Islands are now full.
The group described itself as 'a civic, peaceful and family response' to mass tourism, adding: 'We will simply go swimming, to show that the beaches belong to everyone, they are a public asset and we are not going to resign ourselves.' The CEO of TUI, Sebastian Ebel, 61, said the company had reached its 'capacity limits' in the Balearics and is looking to other Mediterranean destinations for growthThousands of residents protested in Tenerife, Canary Islands, last month to demand the government temporarily limit tourist arrivalsThe CEO of TUI, Sebastian Ebel, 61, said the company had reached its 'capacity limits' in the Balearics and is looking to other Mediterranean destinations for growth.
Amid a spate of mass anti-tourism protests and calls for boozy Brits to 'go home', Ebel made a surprise pledge to invest in residential housing on the Canary Islands rather than build new hotels as angry locals continue to rally against the overcrowding. Demonstrators packed into Weyler Square in the Tenerife capital Santa Cruz, the start point for a march on the Brit-popular holiday island, on April 20
The German travel boss attributed the island's rising house prices primarily to the influx of foreign property buyers and the increased rental of holiday homes to tourists, rather than to package holidays.It comes as Mallorca's anti-tourism campaign urged locals to not reveal the island's beauty spots on their social media in its latest bid to discourage rowdy visitors.
Spanish islands are threatened by sea pollution, traffic gridlock and lack of cheap affordable housing linked to the pushing-up of property prices because of Airbnb-style holiday lets'For this reason, our campaign seeks to involve them in the search for solutions to alleviate this problem'. On Monday, a Menorca holiday village dubbed the 'Spanish Mykonos' chained up its streets to prevent holidaymakers taking selfies on them in the latest attack on tourists.
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