Demonstrators in Mallorca protest high costs of housing and saturated public services
Demonstrators in Mallorca take to the beach to protest the effects of mass tourism.
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00:00Over 100 protesters have taken to the popular Baleario 6 beach on the Balearic island of
00:07Mallorca to host a protest.
00:09The coastline, visited yearly by tourists, is also a reminder that locals have difficulties
00:15enjoying it.
00:17Demonstrators, part of the Ocupem les Nostros Plages, also known as the Beach Occupy Movement,
00:23demand tourism limits and solutions to problems such as the saturation of public services
00:29or the difficulties of access to housing.
00:32The Balearic government has created a joint committee with the tourist sector and civil
00:37society to put a limit on tourism by redoubling controls against illegal tourist flats and
00:44fines going up to 80,000 euros.
00:472023 was a record year for the island, with almost 14 million visitors, but this year
00:54that number has already been exceeded by 6 million.
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