#islas baleares

[menorca-sir20]

Regreso de la playa

by sir20 for menorca-sir20

[sir20]

Apartments graphic view, Ibiza by sir20

[holyartisanperfection]

Por las calles de Ibiza, isla en el mar Mediterráneo. Baleares. España 🇪🇸

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CASTILLO DE BELLVER - ESPAÑA

[mynamespatata]

DON'T COME TO MALLORCA.

The Balearic Islands (Mallorca/Majorca, Menorca, Eivissa/Ibiza, Formentera) are some of the best places to visit during summer holidays. But I beg you not to come here.

Right now, we are facing a big problem that is destroying our island in all aspects: mass tourism.

To give you some context:

The Balearic Islands cover 5,040 km², not even a fraction of the size of California.

The Balearic Islands are home to local residents; right now, we have 1,231,487 people living across Mallorca, Menorca, Eivissa, and Formentera.

We have our own beautiful culture, but we are losing it to globalization, capitalism, and Spanish fascism.

So, why am I beging you to PLEASE not to come to Mallorca?

Tourism is killing our homeland.

Every year, we break records for the number of tourists visiting our island. Right now, in June 2024, tourists outnumber the population of the Balearic Islands. Last year, 14.42 million tourists came here. This is unsustainable. Do you know what that means? There are 12 tourists for every resident. THAT'S A LOT.

Not only is this system, where tourists get everything they want, killing all the fauna and flora, but locals can't afford to pay rent or buy a house, because landlords are raising prices or turning their properties into Airbnbs.

We regard tourism as a threat to our society. Tourists come and disrespect the surroundings, attending parties and drinking excessively, annoying those of us trying to live our everyday lives. Additionally, rich people profit from mass tourism: they build hotels on protected shorelines, construct golf courses, sell plane tickets at prices that are ridiculously low compared to the cost of housing, and send thousands of cruise ships and planes here each year.

Here you have some examples:

A group of British tourists causes a mass fight on Illetes beach, in Calvià

A hotel company fights to maintain its illegal pools in Menorca while some town halls from some villages, cut the water during a drought time.

There is a Twitter account dedicated to counting all the tourists who jump from balconies and get hurt or die.

Our government is doing absolutely nothing to stop this barbaric situation. That is why, since the outcry, we have launched a fight against these deplorable conditions.

In recent weeks, we have been demonstrating for many reasons, but one of the biggest demonstrations was under the slogan "Mallorca is not for sale", which brought together 25,000 people.

So please, in order to help us,

I BEG YOU TO NOT. TO. COME. TO. MALLORCA.

[lukxssh]

VIVA ESPAÑA 🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦

Hay alguien que hable español en esta aplicación? Estoy cayendo en la locura lo juro

[noconcessions]

[asitrita]

Fornalutx, Islas Baleares. Spain.

[jackbatchelor3]

Throwback Thursday to Majorca nine years ago today.

Mi vacación en Mallorca, hace nueve años hoy.

🏝️🌄

[joseluisferperea]

[gregor-samsung]

Pullman [Paradise Inn] (Toni Bestard - 2019)

[menorca-sir20]

Pino de Norfolk con crecimiento luminoso

by sir20 for menorca-sir20

[sir20]

Cubanito Hotel at blue hour & night, Ibiza by sir20

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Mallorca

Islas Baleares

~ Alecse

[guerrerense]

EL TREN DE SÓLLER ( MALLORCA ) ( E)XPLORE ) por Antonio Martín Por Flickr: Un romántico viaje con este antiguo tren atraviesa la Sierra de la Tramontana y enlaza Sóller con Palma de Mallorca. VER EN GRANDE CON MARGEN EN NEGRO !!

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