Mallorca locals block Instagram-famous beach and chant 'tourists go home'

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They blame the tourism sector for driving up property prices by 250% in a decade while wages remain amongst the lowest in Spain, and tourists for leaving litter all over the beaches.

Locals protesting at the Calo des Moro beach in Mallorca, Spain This is the moment locals on the Spanish island of Mallorca were forced to ‘occupy’ an idyllic beach to safeguard it from ‘bad tourists’. Footage showed as many as 300 people wielding banners that read ‘SOS Residents’ and handing out leaflets in English and German to target the majority of holidaymakers.

’ Holidaymakers have faced abuse across Palma, the capital city of the Balearic Islands, as more locals join the protest movement. Marchers were heard chanting ‘Tourists go home’ as they passed through the central square. Some included the message, ‘Salvem Mallorca, guiris arruix’ which means ‘Let’s save Mallorca, foreigners out’, translated from Catalan Spanish.

 

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