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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amelia Neath

DARK SECRETS: Mallorca residents urge tourists to stop visiting the island | Rare Historical Photos

Demonstrators taking part in a overtourism protest in Palma de Mallorca in July 2024 - (AFP via Getty Images)

Mallorca campaign organisations and political groups have sent a strong and clear message to tourists who they say have harmed the island when arriving in their masses: “Do not come” and “stay home”.

Seven organisations representing residents, such as the environmental association GOB and campaigners Menys Turisme, Més Vida, which was behind the large anti-tourist protest that packed out the streets in Palma de Mallorca last July, have signed an open letter discouraging tourists from visiting the Spanish island.

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