FOOTAGE showed the moment anti-tourism protesters in Majorca descended on holidaymakers as they dined out - booing and chanting "Tourists go home". The 10,000-strong hoard of demonstrators took to the streets to vent their anger over tourist saturation as they chanted "Let's save Majorca . Foreigners out".
The march through Palma's capital reached a climax when protesters appeared to boo and jeer alongside tourists enjoying their evening meal in Weyler Square. They were heard shouting "Tourists go home" as they passed through on the 20-minute route from the park where the protest began to the iconic street Paseo del Borne. The banners campaigners carried included one with the offensive message: "Salvem Mallorca, guiris arruix" which in Catalan Spanish means "Let’s save Majorca, foreigners out".
It played on the colloquial Spanish expression Guiri which is used to portray northern European tourists like the British holidaymakers partying in Magaluf, usually in a mildly offensive way. The Palma protest was organised by Banc del Temps, a group which hails from the inland Majorcan town of Sencelles and has claimed 25,000 people joined in the demo although government officials have put the figure at around 10,000. But the organisers were later forced to apologise for the outburst directed at holidaymakers - but hit back, saying "this is just the start of things".
Spokesman Javier Barbero said of the targeting of some visitors: "We didn’t want to have a go at tourists and it sh.
