LAPPING up the Magaluf sunshine, holidaymaker Zoe Kemp dismissed the anti-tourism demos which are sweeping the Costas as “completely hypocritical”. She told The Sun: “They rely on tourists to survive. If you look around, everything is based on tourists.
“Places like Magaluf are advertised as cheap drinking holidays . We help the economy.” The resort lies on the west coast of Majorca , which receives around 40 per cent of its income from tourism.
Yet in May 15,000 people stormed through the island’s capital Palma jeering at visitors as they sat down for meals. Stickers have been plastered around the island, reading: “More tourists? No thanks”, “Stop Tourism” and “Tourist go home — you are not welcome here”. Last week more than 300 protesters “reclaimed” Instagram-famous cove Calo des Moro in the south of the island by blocking foreigners from entering the 130ft stretch of sand.
There are plans for another rally on July 21 across the four main Balearic Islands, Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera — just as many UK schools break up for the summer . Nursery manager Zoe, 25, from Barnsley , said she experienced a rude waiter on the first night of her ten-day holiday in Magaluf, renowned for its nightlife. She said: “It was like he just couldn’t be bothered with us.
“He was rude and treated us like we were an inconvenience. It felt like he just didn’t like English tourists — but we had made him money .” The wider anti-tourism demos , f.