The Brits are still behaving badly in Majorca, but some fed-up locals say the Germans are now even worse! (and they're helping to fuel the tourists-go-home protests...
) By Jane Fryer Published: 21:11 EDT, 9 June 2024 | Updated: 21:14 EDT, 9 June 2024 e-mail View comments The summer season is still limbering up here in sunny Majorca. But the incoming flights are already jam-packed, the hotels busy, the beaches filling up and, after weeks of appalling behaviour in some of the island's most notorious party zones, the locals are pushing back — hard. So far there have been beach sit-ins, threats to close the airport, increasingly aggressive anti-tourism graffiti — 'Tourists Go Home!' and 'Tourists F*** Off' — while a slew of protest groups, some with links to notorious Catalan, Valencian and Basque groups, have been popping up.
Earlier this month, a crowd of 15,000 (mostly locals but with a smattering of international protesters keen to wade in) took to the dappled streets of Palma, chanting: 'Let's save Majorca — foreigners out!' There is certainly plenty to make them feel cross. Even by Majorcan standards, the behaviour of some tourists seems to have hit a new low lately. And contrary to recent reports, the Germans, rather than the Brits, have been at the heart of it.
All night the German tourists go at it — beers and shots — until they are completely saturated, writes Jane Fryer Contrary to recent reports, the Germans, rather than the Brits, have been at the heart o.
