Another protest will take place on Sunday, June 15, to highlight the problems locals face due to overtourism.
UK travel operators told ‘cancel’ Spain, Majorca, Tenerife holidays
UK travel operators have been told to ‘cancel’ Spain, Majorca, Tenerife holidays as protests continue to sweep the Balearics. European Union holiday hotspots face rising and growing anti-UK tourist sentiment, with Brits warned.
Another protest will take place on Sunday, June 15, to highlight the problems locals face due to overtourism.
Responding to the demonstrations on Facebook, a Brit sniped on social media: “Notably the Spanish aren’t slow in taking holiday makers money though.” A second said: “All UK travel agents should cancel holidays to Spain, Majorca and Tenerife due to non friendly actions against their clients and possible court cases.”
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Protests are likely in Ibiza, Menorca, San Sebastián, Granada, Tenerife, and Málaga. The campaigners say too much tourism prices out locals and causes environmental issues.
A study by Fotocasa, the housing platform, last year showed that the average monthly rent in the Balearic Islands had risen from €562 to €1,451 in a decade, with prices considerably higher in hotspots such as Palma.
In March, anti-tourism campaigners in Majorca published an open letter telling visitors “not to come” and that they were “the source of our problem”.
“Protests are driven by eco warriors. I presume British people would not want foreign tourists to believe Just Stop Oil protestors?” another Brit wrote.
Another said: “Go to Turkey it’s very hot in August… cheap to eat and drink and very good value we have been several times and have never had a bad time the locals are friendly to you.
“We went out for a meal one evening and after we had finished we had a coffee and asked for a Brandy with it and they didn’t have Brandy and they sent out somebody and he came back with a Bottle of Brandy and gave us a glass each on the house. Give it a go you wont be dissapointed.”
n March, the Balearic Islands government, which administers Majorca, announced a slew of “tourism containment measures”, which included increasing a tax on visitors and putting a levy on hire cars.