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Created Jun 14, 2025 by Kelli Blake@kelliblake671Maintainer

The Devastating Effects Of Spain's Anti-tourism Protests Revealed


Bookings in some of Mallorca's most popular summertime vacation resorts have actually plunged by as much as 20 per cent, say hoteliers on the Balearic Island, recommending holidaymakers are voting with their feet following anti-tourism marches.
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The hoteliers association that represents the resorts of Alcudia and Can Picafort say their key markets have actually slowed in current months.

The news comes following major anti-tourism protests across mainland Spain and its islands this year - with another huge protest march in the pipeline for Mallorca's capital next weekend.

Recently, countless bold anti-tourism protesters promised to bring the streets of Palma to a grinding halt on June 15th, with representatives of around 60 groups stating they're planning to march.

The Alcudia and Can Picafort hoteliers association today said bookings had actually dropped throughout essential markets, including Germany, its top market, reporting a 15% to 20% slump on in 2015.

Pablo Riera-Marsa, president of the hotelier's Association, stated: 'We are seeing how the German market, generally our Number 1 market, is the one that has actually decreased the most.'

However, the Majorca Daily Bulletin reports that the group is positive that late bookings would still see figures increase, stating tourists were edging their bets on deal last-gasp offers.

He described: 'We are identifying that this season, last-minute reservations are when again ending up being more popular, with travelers waiting on unique offers and promotions before making their purchase decisions.'

Backlash? Hoteliers in the resorts of Alcudia and Can Picafort on Mallorca have actually reported a depression of approximately 20 percent in hotel reservations year-on-year. Spain has actually seen anti-tourism marches throughout the mainland and popular islands this year

And another protest remains in the pipeline, with Mallorca's capital, Palma, the place for another substantial demonstration on June 15th, with 60 organisations set to march (Pictured: protests on Mallorca on May 25th)

The hoteliers association kept that numbers are just going back to regular levels following a 'champagne result', when individuals started travelling once again following completion of the pandemic.

The demonstration in Palma on June 15th will be led by project group 'Menys Turisme, Mes Vida' (Less tourist, more life), which declares that the daily life of residents has become 'intolerable' thanks to foreign holidaymakers.

They have actually implicated both the Balearic Islands' federal government of overlooking the pleas for extreme modifications in their current tourist design.

The platform is asking the island's locals to require to the streets to require a modification in the economic design and what they refer to as 'touristification.'

This will be the 3rd major demonstration of its kind however the activists state they are getting nowhere regardless of calls to clampdown on tourists.

The demonstration in Palma will be held simultaneously with similar marches in Ibiza, Barcelona, Donosti and other major Spanish cities.

'We represent the right to a dignified life and to require an end to touristification', stated Jaume Pujol, representative for Menys Turisme, Més Vida.

The group today also criticised the city government, accusing them of promoting policies that have the mass tourist crisis.

The June 15th demonstration will be led by project group 'Menys Turisme, Mes Vida' (Less tourism, more life), which declares that the daily life of locals has become 'intolerable' thanks to foreign holidaymakers. Pictured: Campaigners revealing the demonstration

'Mallorca is not for sale' checks out a demonstration banner held by a girl in a march kept in April against housing rates and the impact of tourist on the homeowners of the Mallorca

They likewise cautioned that, with the start of the tourist season, 'unbearable situations' are currently being repeated on the island, consisting of roadway closures due to tourist occasions and genera; saturation of public spaces and markets.

Menys Turisme, Mes Vida likewise argued that their island is 'not for sale' and that 'it is urgent to put limits' on a tourism design that they think about significantly devastating.

It comes a month after tens of thousands of furious Spaniards required to the streets across the nation to require a solution to the expense of living crisis they state has been worsened by tourist.

The demonstrations on April 5th happened throughout significant Spanish towns and cities consisting of Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga and Palma.

According to organizers, 30,000 individuals took to the streets of Malaga - a seaside town in the south of Spain - as they demanded options to the housing crisis, with banners reading: 'Houses for the people of Málaga. Hotels for travelers, budget-friendly rents.'

But police reported that around 5,000 demonstrators participated in the Malaga march.

Residents were photographed holding banners with the slogan: 'Houses for the people of Málaga. Hotels for tourists'.

Some likewise hung posters from their balconies and windows with messages stating: 'Housing is a right, not a company'.

The presentation will be led by project group 'Menys Turisme, Mes Vida' (Less tourism, more life), which declares that the daily life of locals has actually become 'unbearable' thanks to foreign holidaymakers. Pictured: Campaigners today announcing the protest next month

Brits turn their back on Tenerife as appointments plunge amidst big anti tourist demonstrations

Meanwhile in Madrid, around 15,000 people gathered in the capital's neighbourhood of Atocha and marched towards Plaza de Espana shouting mottos like: 'Landlords are thieves' and 'Madrid will be the tomb of leasings'.

Angry renters pointed to instances of worldwide hedge funds buying up residential or commercial properties, frequently with the objective of leasing them to foreign tourists.

The question has actually become so politically charged that Barcelona's local government vowed in 2015 to phase out all its 10,000 licenses for short-term leasings, a number of them promoted on platforms like Airbnb, by 2028.

Marchers in Madrid last month chanted 'Get Airbnb out of our areas' and held up signs versus short-term rentals.

'No more leaving our neighborhoods, our homes, and even our cities every five or 7 years,' said Valeria Racu, spokesperson for the Madrid occupants' union, in a declaration at the start of the presentation.

'We're contacting the half-million households whose contracts end in 2025 to stay home and resist,' she included.
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Last month, British holidaymakers were left cring in hotels as protesters stormed the streets of the Canary Islands.

Residents waring over-tourism released presentations across Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Ela Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, and Lanzarote.

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