The rise of anti-tourist sentiment in Spain…

Last weekend tens of thousands of Mallorcan residents thronged the streets of the island’s capital, Palma de Mallorca to protest at the unsustainable level of tourism on the island under the slogan ‘Mallorca al limite’ (Majorca at the limit) : The protest turned violent when the Spanish National Police baton charged parts of the crowd and fired rubber bullets: The Policía Nacional have claimed that the violence occurred only after some of the protestors had attacked tourists stating: ...