'BRITS GO HOME!'
Backlash against Brit holidaymakers in Majorca as thousands take to the streets in new anti-tourist protests
Concerns about the impact of tourism have been growing on the Spanish island
THOUSANDS of people took to the streets in the British holiday hotspot Majorca to protest against mass tourism.
Video footage posted on social media shows an angry crowd chanting "without limits there is no future" and "tourists go home" in the Spanish island's capital, Palma.
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The march was the first of its kind with protesters calling for the government to be "more courageous" though they claimed it was not a political protest directed at the current leaders but at a "model overly dependent on tourism".
Margalida Ramis told the that the island was packed with tourists which was affecting the environment, local jobs and housing.
She also added that Majorca's dependence on tourism was not good from an economic point-of-view.
Margalida said: "The Balearic Government must be more sensitive to finding alternatives."
The protest follows concerns about an increase in the number of visitors to Majorca and its impact.
However it is a similar story across Europe.
This summer four hooded activists from a radical group called Arran attacked a tourist bus in Barcelona, slashing tyres and spraying slogans across it.
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Others have thrown eggs at hotels, and there have been demonstrations around the city’s famous Sagrada Familia basilica.
In Palma, Majorca, they set off smoke flares outside a seafront restaurant, while in Bilbao, northern Spain, another group sprayed paint across the headquarters of the Basque Country tourist board.
The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, called the activists "radical extremists", adding it was "crazy" to drive away tourists.
Also furious protesters also stormed a popular tourist beach in Barcelona to "reclaim" it.
Many of the protesters from the city's waterfront neighbourhood of Barceloneta wore yellow T-shirts bearing the slogan "Barceloneta isn't for sale" in Catalan.
Some staked homemade signs in the sand, including a large one that read in English "We Don't Want Tourists In Our Buildings. This Is Not A Beach Resort."
