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La Serra De Tramuntana, 15 Years as a World Heritage Site: "The UNESCO Seal Has Called for Mass Tourism"

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Today, the increase of visitors coexists with collapsed roads, mass routes, waste, a strong pressure on natural resources and an increasing difficulty for residents to access a home. "If the upward trend of tourism is not reversed, the Serra is doomed to be a decoration", warns ecologists The "magnates" convert an idyllic Mallorcan municipality into the second richest in Spain: "The rest of us are workers" Between old paved roads, century-old ol…

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Today, the increase of visitors coexists with collapsed roads, mass routes, waste, a strong pressure on natural resources and an increasing difficulty for residents to access a home. "If the upward trend of tourism is not reversed, the Serra is doomed to be a decoration", warns ecologists The "magnates" convert an idyllic Mallorcan municipality into the second richest in Spain: "The rest of us are workers" Between old paved roads, century-old ol…

·Madrid, Spain
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Far from being a Grail to finance the restoration and maintenance of remarkable sites, Unesco's world heritage is also accused of promoting overtourism and gentrification. To the point that some places ask for their removal from the prestigious list, the BBC details.

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Eldiario.es broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Sunday, August 16, 2026.
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