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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