Spain’s other invasion.
While the scourge of unchecked mass migration is wreaking havoc in Spain, it is not the only threat to its citizens’ standards of living.
There’s also the hell of overtourism packing their beaches and streets, making their cost-of-living skyrocket, and turning their famous destinations uninhabitable.
That is the case of world-famous Ibiza, where locals have been driven to the edge.
Yesterday, 100 angry residents descended on Cala Saladeta beach to protest the hordes of tourists ruining their life on the island.
‘Everywhere you look, tourists’: Ibiza locals protest overtourism
Young residents say soaring rents, strained infrastructure and mass tourism are pushing locals out, warning that ‘the island is no longer for them’https://t.co/pbSbgUrOqz pic.twitter.com/HZoTeFuUNj
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The New York Post reported:
“The demonstration was organized by the Ibiza Youth Association, a nonprofit group formed just this year by young islanders frustrated by the loss of local culture and public spaces impacted by Ibiza’s booming tourism industry.
‘If you want to work, you will have to work mostly in the tourism sector’, the website states. ‘If you want to have fun, it will probably be electronic music. Young people live on their island, but without it being for them’.”
“Anti-tourism sentiment has been boiling over across Europe in recent years, with concerns that the unrelenting influx of visitors not only crowds public spaces but, in the short term, also prices locals out of their communities.
Spain has been a hot spot for demonstrations in recent years. Last summer, protesters in Barcelona famously sprayed visitors with water guns as anger over tourism spilled into the streets.”
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“The rally was organized by the Ibiza Youth Association, a newly established nonprofit created by young locals who feel their culture and public spaces are being eroded by the island’s ever-expanding tourism industry.
[…] Hostility towards tourists has been intensifying across Spain and the wider continent in recent years.”
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“In Barcelona last summer, demonstrators made headlines by dousing visitors with water pistols as frustrations boiled over.
[…] The tensions extend beyond crowding, however, with locals increasingly unable to compete with wealthy overseas buyers snapping up property.”
Read more:
VISITORS NOT WELCOME: Thousands of Citizens Take to the Streets With Signs and Water Pistols in Day of Protest Led by ‘Southern Europe Against Overtourism’ Coalition
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