Spain tourism: Why Spanish people are fighting back

Activists say spiralling housing costs are due to properties being bought by foreigners - or rented over the summer.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatchHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessWomen at the HelmFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersThe Spanish fightback against record tourism14 hours agoBy Nick Beake, Europe correspondentShareEPAIf you can elbow your way onto one of Majorca’s sunspots this summer, you will witness two unstoppable forces.

The first, as old as time, the waves of the Balearic Sea, methodically erasing the day’s lovingly crafted sandcastles.

The second, a more modern phenomenon, the tsunami of tourism threatening to consume all in its path.

Every inch of beach is taken. Finding a parking space is like striking gold.

If you leave your sunbed for too long, your possessions are unceremoniously turfed to make space for the long queue of would-be usurpers.

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