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PROTESTERS HAVE WARNED OF AN 'URGENT' NEED TO IMPOSE LIMITS AS GROUPS ACROSS SPAIN, INCLUDING BARCELONA, THE BALEARICS AND CANARY ISLANDS, PREPARE TO TAKE TO THE STREETS ONCE AGAIN

15:57, 02 Jun 2025 A date has been set for the next wave of protests across Spain, with 60 anti-mass tourism groups so far expressing their interest in taking part. A co-ordinated

demonstration is expected to be staged in tourist hotspots like the Balearic Islands, Barcelona, the Canary Islands, Venice, Ibiza and Alicante as well as other European countries. It comes

after thousands of fed-up locals took the streets of the Canary Islands on May 18, urging authorities to limit the number of visitors to protect those who live there from soaring housing

costs, worsening traffic congestion and overburdened public services. READ MORE: Birmingham Airport passenger charged after police descend on TUI flight from Spain Demonstrations also took

place on April 5 across major Spanish towns and cities including Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga and Palma, though organisers of the Majorca event estimated there were around half as many

attendees compared to similar protests last year. Article continues below The slogan for June's protest will be 'For the right to a decent life, stop touristification'. It

will be led by campaign group 'Menys Turisme, Mes Vida', which translates to 'less tourism, more life'. A manifesto was read out in Palma's Parc de la Mar on

Saturday to publicise the demonstration. It said: "Our territory is not for sale. It is urgent to put limits on the growth of tourism, to demand a change of direction and to point the

way to de-growth as a solution to the overexploitation of our resources and the exclusion of residents." Article continues below Some local authorities in Spain have already implemented

restrictions on tourists, including limits on new Airbnbs, tourist taxes and higher entry fees at tourist attractions. But activists say their repeated protests have been ignored by the

national government and ridiculed by the tourism sector, claiming announcements about a new approach to tourism and sustainability have been 'false'.