Locals in Majorca have called for residents to storm the island’s beaches in protest against mass tourism.
Around 10,000 people marched through the capital, Palma, demanding limits on the number of visitors last weekend.
They voiced concerns over Airbnb-style rentals undermining affordable housing, scarce water supplies being used to fill swimming pools and roads congested with holidaymakers’ cars.
The protest group Mallorca Platja Tour took to social media, posting on X: “We urge residents to fill the beaches of Mallorca as a demonstration against overcrowding.”
The group, which announced plans for a mobilisation in the middle of next month, added: “We invite all residents who live near the beaches to go there to reclaim our beaches…