Majorca in fresh chaos with police 'intervening' over locals and UK tourists

Majorca has been hit by chaos as police STOP demonstrators and protesters blocking tourists from using the island's famous beach. Jeering Majorcans blocked tourists from reaching Instagram-famous beach this weekend as tensions continue.

Locals in the European Union holiday hotspot shouted "go, go, go" in a tense stand-off at the beauty spot amid mass protests on island "overwhelmed by holidaymakers" and British tourists. The Mallorca Platja Tour organisation called on local people to head to Caló del Moro, a popular 29-metre scenic cove in southern Majorca, on June 16.

Eventually, officers that are part of the Guardia Civil and the local police force intervened and broke up the event. The protest group said it didn't understand how a "peaceful and civic meeting for elementary rights is curtailed by the security forces".

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It fumed: "At Caló des Moro, it was not a demonstration, but a meeting on a beach by Majorcans with the aim of raising awareness of a problem that affects us all. The two banners and the words that people kept saying are part of our right to express ourselves."

The local police force took to Twitter/X and wrote: "We have recovered Caló des Moro. It has been magical. We call for 'recovering' each and every one of Mallorca's beaches." More than 200 activists descended on the popular Caló des Moro beach, heckling holidaymakers.

Protesters held banners in the sea and on the beach to ward off tourists. Disgruntled tourists are seen making their way away from the beach. Demonstrators vented their anger over rampaging Brits and mass tourism on the Mediterranean holiday hotspot, wielding placards reading: 'Beware of locals, we are angry.'

Protesters say tourists no longer give money to local bars and restaurants and instead pile into all inclusive resorts. Matias Pizarro, 52, from the village of Santanyi, said: "This is not just about tourists going on the beaches. The island's resources are so overstretched because of the demand from tourist places.

"We don't have drinking water in our town - the water that comes out of the tap is rust-coloured. We can't drink it or even shower in it. The trains were cancelled in 1970s and there are hardly any buses because the taxi firms have all the power here. The number of rental cars multiplies by a number of factors the amount of cars on our roads.

"Mallorca is bursting at the seams and we are on a road to collapse both ecologically and societally. Local people can't afford rent or afford to study or work on anything that's not tourism. The situation is dire for a lot of people."