Majorca hotels admit ‘we blamed tourists – they’ve abandoned island’ | World | News
The residents of a Spanish town admit that after the excessive protests have led to a steep decline in the number of tourists, they scare tourists. Valley on the island of Mayorka Valley has been doing business and drawing in visitors from around the world at the center of the local economy for decades.
However, the town, like many parts of Spain, has seen an increasing dissatisfaction with the tourism industry, foreign visitors saw a coercion on increasing real estate prices, increases in anti-social behavior and public services. A wave of protests in Spain saw that tourists say to “go home”, but some inhabitants in the Valley of the Lefts are concerned that the message can be taken into account. A hotel owner said this Majorka Daily Bulletin: “We scared the tourists.
“I don’t want to spend my holidays where I am not welcome.”
A waiter based on tourism at a local restaurant announced that the region is fighting to attract visitors in previous years.
They said: “Except for weekends or rainy days, there is not much here; we are just waiting and it has been like that since May.”
The opinion is supported by data that declares a decrease in the number of visitors on the Balear Islands after a few major tourism protests of Mayorcan officials.
According to Mallorca Hotel Business Federation (Fehm), municipalities such as lefts see significant decreases in touristic activities Majorka Daily Bulletin Industry representatives at the hotel say, hospitality And the transportation sectors reported a decrease in tourist uprising.
Pedro Oliver, President of the Tour Guides College, said that the travel sales fell 20% this summer and the worst affected areas were Valldemossa, Palma and Port Lefts.
He said: “Anti -tourism messages echo. If you produce negative news in other countries, tourists prefer other destinations when choosing their holidays.
“We send the message that we don’t want a tourist and that everything is too crowded.”
Juanmi Ferrer, the leader of the Restaurants Association in Mallorca (CAEB), warned that the restaurants all over the island may be forced to close this year.
Some areas see a decrease of up to 40% in customers, and with a very unusual movement, restaurants in traditional intensive tourism towns such as lefts give holiday permission to the staff in the middle of the busy season.
In June, about 10,000 people went to the streets of Palma to end the “touristification of the region.
Local officials called on potential visitors to stay away from the effect of tourism while telling them to stay away.
