Mallorca Tourist Board's open letter to the media was "anachronistic"
This summer will provide many reasons for public discontent with overtourism, says one of the organisers of the protest planned for June 15.
Palma is a traffic nightmare all year round, tourists or not.
Palma is a traffic nightmare all year round, tourists or not.
Survey confirms tourists not to blame for Mallorca traffic chaos
80 per cent of traffic jams in Palma involve residents’ cars.
The latest wave of the campaign sweeping the island.
The latest wave of the campaign sweeping the island.
Complaints that Palma is unable to cope with all the cruise ship passengers.
Complaints that Palma is unable to cope with all the cruise ship passengers.
Fresh cruise limits called for in Palma
Traditional businesses are disappearing, public spaces are becoming congested and residents are being driven out of their neighbourhoods because of cruise ships.
SOS Sóller: the desperate message from local residents
Traffic jams, gridlock on the access roads to the town and in the Soller tunnel and the road connecting it to Palma, and the large number of visitors who fill its streets and the port in high season have exhausted the patience of locals and residents.
British travel boss warns Spain protests are having an impact
“We’ve had people ringing the call centre and going into travel agents, asking questions like ‘is Spain safe’, ‘are we still welcome in the resort’."
Steps will be taken to ease the pressure of mass tourism.
Steps will be taken to ease the pressure of mass tourism.
No tourist tax hike in the Balearics
The decree does not include a new tax on rental cars or private vehicles used for tourist purposes.
Criticism of overtourism in Santanyi, Mallorca
No longer possible to find a seat to have a coffee.
Another Mallorcan town takes to social media in attacking overtourism
AI images in the style used in a Soller campaign.
Cruise ships in Palma today.
Cruise ships in Palma today.
Mallorca invaded by cruise ships
If the APB’s forecasts for 2025 are met, cruise arrivals in Palma will grow by 4.84% this year. Between January and December 2025, 551 ships will arrive with a capacity for more than 1.8 million passengers.
Busy start to the tourist season.
Busy start to the tourist season.
The Palma illegal holiday apartment let for up to twenty people
Numerous complaints have been made, yet the tourism authorities have done nothing.
Unions threaten summer of protests in Mallorca
The UGT and CCOO unions have already warned that, if no significant progress is made, they will call for immediate protests and even a strike at the start of the high season.
Representatives at a meeting against 'touristisation' in Barcelona
Representatives at the weekend meeting in Barcelona.
Comment
From a sunny dream to a nightmare
“The island appears to be living in a dream world but the dream could soon turn to a nightmare if something is not done...”
Jason Moore09/05/2025 09:37