In a damning open letter in English and German, addressed to foreign buyers and estate agencies, activists claimed that residents had been “pushed out of their towns by unaffordable prices” caused by foreigners buying property on the island.
SOS Residents, which wrote the letter, is among 85 groups that have staged a series of protests in the streets of the Balearic Island against the “touristifcation” of their home.
Palma’s beach in Palma de Mallorca in July, where anti-tourism protests have been held (Photo by JAIME REINA / AFP)“We are tired. Tired of being foreigners in our own home. Tired of seeing our communities, our language and our culture disappear.
“Mallorca is more than an amusement park for the rich – it is a living land, a community, a home.”
Demonstrators against mass tourism and housing prices in Palma de Mallorca in June (Photo: Jaime Reina / AFP via Getty Images)
“With a monthly wage of €1,500 [£1,300], I cannot afford to pay rent in Mallorca of about €1,600 [£1,386]. I would like to move back but it is cheaper to live in Barcelona,” she told The i Paper.
However, he is typical of how the protests against tourism are now involving all generations, not just younger people.
In June, anti-tourism groups staged a demonstration along with protesters in other parts of Spain, Italy and Portugal in June. Demonstrators brandished signs in English which read: “Take back your drunks, we want our homes.”
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The regional government is led by the conservative People’s Party which has sought to introduce higher tourist taxes and new restrictions on rented vehicles during the summer months but has opposed any controls on property purchases by foreigners.
Those outside the European Union, like Britons, who do not live in Spain, will now face a new levy on property purchased, which may be as high as 100 per cent of the value of the home, Sánchez said.
After Catalonia, the Balearic Islands is the second most popular region in Spain, attracting 14.4 million visitors, according to the Spanish National Institute for Statistics.
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