Sóller Cries Out Against the "Tourist Monoculture" that Sees Mallorca as a Commodity
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Residents say the system has turned tourism "into their only economic bet"
Just two weeks after the massive -and historic - protest held in Palma against the Balearic tourism model, citizens have returned to the streets to denounce the difficulties of residents to access a house, defend local commerce and demand an improvement of the quality of lifeMiles of people turn Palma into a cry against the turistification and crisis of the housing: “Mallorca reached the limit” Nestled between the sea and the Serra de Tramuntana…
Hundreds of people have gathered this Saturday to cry out against mass tourism and in front of a system that sees the island of Mallorca "as a commodity". "We demand all the institutions that listen to our demands and assume their constitutional obligations", have demanded the organizations from the square of the Town Hall of Sóller. The concentrates have paraded through the center of the town to protest against the economic model that the organ…
Demonstrators report increased cost of living and closure of traditional businesses due to excessive flow of visitors
Social and youth organizations complain that the town has too many tourists and lacks services and opportunities to stay and live there.
PALMA, 8 (EUROPA PRESS) Movement Jove de Sóller and Menys Turisme, Més Vida have called for this Saturday a new protest against the tourist massification, which will arrive two weeks after the massive march of 26 July in Palma and which ended with police charges. The convocation organizations have encouraged participation in the face of what they consider the "degradation" that implies the turistification of the people and against the perjury th…
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