Locals protest to fight mass tourism in Balearic Islands


By AGENCY

Tourists taking pictures in Binibeca Vell, a small fishermen’s village on the Balearic island of Menorca that’s battling overtourism. — AFP

Every year, nearly 800,000 tourists wander through the alleys of Binibeca Vell, a tiny whitewashed village nicknamed “the Spanish Mykonos” for its resemblance to the famous Greek island which attracts huge crowds of visitors.

For its 200 residents, “that is a lot” said Oscar Monge, who runs a local residents’ association and would like the village “to be calmer”.

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