An enterprising group of residents tried out a witty way of fighting foreign tourists on the beaches of the famous resort. In Majorca, on Manacora beach, a very interesting group of posters was put up.
Some of them, as reported by the Spanish press, were in English. Bright yellow posters in English said that swimming was not allowed or recommended. For example, one warned about “dangerous jellyfish”. And everything would be nothing if messages in Catalan were not posted in parallel with these posters – they, in turn, informed that it is “data” and there is no danger.
The group Manacor Caterva, an association opposing the mass gathering of tourists, took responsibility for the misinformation of tourists. Their statement emphasizes that the only danger is “mass tourism”. The posters added by the group were tinged with humor.
But in general, the initiative group does not find the situation funny. “Mallorca suffers from overcrowding with tourists. All the bays of the Balearic Islands have been expropriated by tourism. The usurpation of the bays is another expression of how capitalism exploits economic activities such as tourism, takes it to the extreme, drains the land unimpeded, and extracts maximum added value from the workers with the full complicity of some municipalities and governments, current and previous,” they also said. initiators of the action.
We will remind you that the pandemic and its closures had barely subsided, and places popular with tourists began to be outraged by “over-tourism” again. Yes, Venice returned to the “please don’t come” slogan. They said that the days of cultural tourists visiting the world’s famous cities for their architectural masterpieces and museums are over.
The main visitors to Venice now are one-day “poor tourists” who need to note that they have been to Venice, and they know a couple of places from all over the city that create unbearable crowds. At the same time, these tourists also have problems with the rules of the “human dormitory”. As the city employee Diego Nechifrovo stated in the Italian media, his task is to monitor and issue warnings to offending tourists. “It’s not uncommon for me to see tourists throw cigarette butts, packets of chips right into the canals and walk without t-shirts, as if on the beach. But the worst cases have happened. One day, a family of tourists sat down right in front of the Doge’s Palace and began to have a picnic. Another tourist fell into the water right in front of my eyes – he got so excited trying to take a good photo,” the expert said. Read details here.
At the same time, “overture” knows no boundaries. Everywhere suffers from an excessive number of tourists. “Limit with the police”, for example, plan to visit the most famous attraction in Japan. Local authorities said on Wednesday that they will limit the number of tourists on the route to the summit of the famous Mount Fuji if it becomes unsafe due to overcrowding. Read about it in this article.