Mallorca anti-tourism protest to mark start of British summer holidays
Next big demonstration planned for July 21
Schools in England are about to break up for the summer holidays and families heading for Mallorca will be met by another anti-mass tourism protest on the island. After tourists were squirted with water in Barcelona, the next demonstration in Mallorca is being organised by the Menys Turisme, Més Vida (Less Tourism, More Life) platform which is made up of around 80 sub-groups and is due to be held in Palma.
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Guido FawkesGood on you for not reading the sun, mail express, et al... British tabloids often imply it's "anti-British", rather than "anti-tourist". But they also say that Brits account for the overwhelming majority of tourism (at around 20% in Spain, a little less in the Balearics), which of course implies that Brits are pretty much the ONLY tourists - or at least the only important ones, and therefore implicitly, the "anti-tourist" movement is decidedly "anti-British". Pretzel logic, at best, but it draws clicks. And now, the "anti-tourist" movement is conducting a protest just when the British holidays begin. Coincidence? Hardly. The tabloids will be having a heyday with that one. Fortunately (as you suggest) whether a tourist is British or not is completely irrelevant to the "anti-tourist" movement. They really couldn't care less.
Morgan WilliamsI haven't read anywhere that the protestors are finding out the nationality of holiday maker before they target them.
Aha! We always knew this was really another anti-british (or anti-english) movement. The timing says it all. Besides, you read about it in the sun, mail, and express and all the other British tabloids every day. Proof positive!
Meanwhile, the drug barons of Shantytown build their barricades ever higher and enlarge their lawless empire unopposed.
You mean English holidays. School sin Scotland are already off.