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Mallorca: More than 10,000 protest against mass tourism
Around 10,000 anti-tourism protesters took to the streets of Spain's Palma de Mallorca on Sunday, 21 July, in the latest demonstration against the industry.
Crowds walked through the streets of the capital with models of planes and cruise ships and posters reading "no to mass tourism" and "stop private jets."
Other protests have been staged in popular Spanish tourist spots such as Barcelona, Malaga, and the Canary Islands as activists say visitors increase housing costs, meaning residents can't afford to live in city centres.
"Tourists fill up beaches and put a strain on public services in the summer," Pere Joan Femenia, of Menys Turisme, Mas Vida (Less Tourism, More Life) told Reuters.
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