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Why residents of Spain’s holiday hotspot Mallorca want tourists to stay home | DW News
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ส.ค. 2024
- The Spanish Island of Mallorca is a popular European vacation spot. But its success is also starting to cause problems with many of the Island's residents. Some locals want to see fewer visitors, because of a spiraling cost of living crisis. About 10,000 residents gathered over the weekend to protest mass tourism.
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Sadly, this is happening in many parts of the world. It’s not unique to Mallorca.
Pero yo soy de Mallorca y me interesa lo de aquí.
@@josepi967 That's why it is happening around the world.
The rich people think bigger than the average citizen and you only see what's immediately in front you.
They already snatched your stuff from the comfort of their privilege in another country because the majority of us only see what is in front of us.
Kyoto is exactly the same
Mexico City is out of control
Without tourist they would have far less business
Their local authorities are 100% to blame!
"It's your fault for not stopping me"
literally it is their fault. international travelers have the right to go anywhere they want. it is an extremely easy thing for the government to just stop giving tourist visas or make them more expensive or limit the amount@@BlueFrenzy
@@BlueFrenzyyeah let's blame the tourists for coming and spending their money and contributing to local businesses
@@Nick2Stix Majorcans had been doing fine for thousands of years.
@@user-k4d-e59mo28oc "I didn't catch any fish today so I guess we're going to be hungry tonight. but yeah, we're doing just fine!"
NYC is expected to receive 64.5M tourists this year in 2024. Don’t blame tourists. Blame your local politicians and for the most part, just plain greed.
I’m a born New Yorker and I avoid that city now. Can’t believe anyone wants to visit without a guard.
i have a friend in NY who pays 1500 because of her coop motivating for rent control for the last 20 years, year in, year out. its a fulltime job.
Aren't New Yorkers leaving New York because its too expensive? lol
Imagine visiting that open air sewage. What's to see there? No culture, just some skyscrapers.
Tourists? Or illegals imported by the democrats to sway the demographics?
I am from Mallorca, and moved out years ago. Mallorca has became a theme park. Locals do not live thanks to tourism, tourism lives on locals needs. You can not affodd hosing, even if you have a good job, you can not save, food is epenseve, you can not walk on the streets many time of the year... The social and economic structure is being ripped apart. It's no longer a place to live with tourists, it's a theme park with locals as NPC.
sounds like every western country..
Been to London lately? Same thing. Governments don’t care about the working classes, it’s all about money at the end of the day.
@@fluffyjojo4570 Venice, Happening across Portugal, Greece
We have the same problem in Ibiza.. I met a doctor once working in the hospital who had to live in his car because there are no affordable apartments to rent
Over half the population work in the 'tourism' industry. 80% of the entire GDP is related to tourism. Like it or not, Mallorca needs tourists. If it gets scaled back, then the entire island will feel the effects & all those protesting will be screaming when the effects hit home personally.
Malorca doesn't want the evil tourists, then it needs to urgently create a new industry to replace tourism as it's main source of income.
Crazy question: Why doesn't Mallorca charge a 50 euro head tax for every tourist? That's small potatoes compared to the price of their trip, but close to a billion euros per year that the Govt could put into improving the lives of the locals.
Because corpo land owners don't get their cut? You hit the problem on the head but don't expect the true solution to come at the expense of billionaires
@@jacobrandall4891 What do corporate landowners have to do with the funds the Govt would collect? Nothing.
@@rockbutcher because if the govt provides people with a cheaper housing option, the corporate landowners will no longer get customers.
@@rockbutcher Anything that may reduce tourist numbers will be rejected by the tourist industry and property owners that cater to visitors. Even if the government did this- that won't alleviate the disparity between salaries and accommodation costs which is priced to German wage rates.
It’s not actual “locals” that are the problem. The retirees who bought the homes don’t like the tourists, but they are more transplants than locals. The “locals” who complain are renters who are now getting priced out because they don’t earn enough to compete for housing. There’s good reason to restrict voting to property owners, and this is one. They want their low wage jobs and high dollar rentals at someone else’s expense. Renting is cheap because among other things, you are not paying for the right to stay,nor taking the risks of ownership. And, there are local business owners who haven’t adapted their businesses. There are plenty of former tourist areas where the industry failed that are fine without it. Others simply go upscale so they can charge high dollar and pay better wages.
I’d bet dollars to donuts there’s a lot of state subsidy and investment in the area that’s being fought over as if it wasn’t a thing.
Spain could restrict foreigners from purchasing land and houses like Denmark does. In fact, most European countries should probably do something like that to keep housing costs lower.
Real estate is one of the biggest ways to keep wealth.
I can guarantee you that most local, provincial and central government politicians are real estate owners, landowners and investors who make their money renting property.
So that will be a conflict of interest for them.
Cause you are asking them go to against their own self interest.
This is the problem in most cities and municipalities around the world.
@danwelterweight4137 I was talking about restrictions on foreigners, not Spanish citizens and permanent residents like you are describing by mentioning local politicians. In Mallorca, a lot of foreign wealthy people own property. I was suggesting this should be restricted. Perhaps the local politicians and other locals could benefit by being able to own more property rather than foreign competition driving the price up a lot? I guess it depends how one looks at the situation and it's complex.
@@ec2402 you really don't understand how local politics works in most cities around the world, do you!
Local politicians are always in the real estate industry.
They are the ones who buy to sell and rent all of the property to tourists and foreigners.
They are the ones who use their positions in the municipal government to pass red tape regulations that restrict the building of new housing developments.
They are the ones who object the building of more affordable public housing.
They are the ones who place extremely high taxes on new housing developments.
And put a bunch of restrictions on where things cns be built or not due to "environmental reasons".
Local politics are some of the most corrupt places in the world with very little oversight and accountability.
I seen it and heard it all no matter where you go around the world.
@@ec2402 The tourists and foreigners are the ones bringing money to the country and proving 10% of their GDP so obviously nonsensical to restrict it. Solution is for those people that can't afford it, to move to places they can afford instead of fighting against wind mills. It's simply free markets evening things out. If the place is nice, rich people are going to move there.
There's a whole market for citizenship of European countries. Spain is no exception. This would only mean that if you were to buy an investment, first you would need to invest into buying citizenship. Also. what is up with foreign owned local companies? Are they also banned?
Let's ban Airbnb. Everywhere. Houses are to live in, not for holidaymakers, thats what hotels are for.
But the people can't afford hotels so it's a vicious circle, and the problem it's not AirBNB because if it's banned the people will simply find new ways as it is a question of offer and demand, so, tackling Capitalism would be much more profitable in the long run for Mallorca, Spain, and the European Union as a whole.
You can't forbid people from renting out their own property. Also, who would you rather pay: a family who rent you part of their own home, and will therefore be able to pay their bills, or the likes of Paris Hilton?
@@oogabooga6346 What would you rather, to be able to afford rent in your city or to not be able to?
And you can forbid people from renting their property to tourists.
yeah. let's ditch the idea of private property and have the state take over all housing. after all, it worked so well in the USSR and works wonderfully in Cuba
@@duncansmith7562 yeah let's adopt neoliberalism and have millions of homeless people and addicted people, after all, it works so well in the u.s.
Airbnb destroys neighborhoods
It's just airbnb is it? No, it's any person willing to let out their properties to generate money that destroys neighbourhoods.
@@greatwhitesharky3261Airbnb has made it 1000x worse as it has simplified the entire short lease process.
@@greatwhitesharky3261 Yes... through AirBnB
I don't understand why they're venting on tourists when they should be demanding their government to regulate rental rates and renting out for tourists 🥴
Isnt that what they are doing? Asking their government to regulate tourism?
they are leftists
NE TREBA NAPADATI TURISTE NEGO SE OBRATITI POLITICI
why do they blame the tourists..??? their own government is incapable of introducing rules about the rental of apartments...makes a law with rent restrictions and minimum rental period.😳
They blame tourists because they are an easy traget. It just like blaming imagrants.
It's about gentrification. Tourists have bigger budgets when it comes to rent so the landlords are raising the prices thus pricing the locals out. Spain has very low wages compared to the rest of the EU.
@@hansmemling2311
they need a new law....apartments and houses must have at least a 3 month rental contract.......all short-term tourists are gone....problem solved..🤗
@@bobhope9317 I don't think everyone would be happy with that, short term tourism is lucrative. I don't think mallorca has much industry that they can just cut income from tourism like that.
@@hansmemling2311
just hold a referendum...the people on the island should decide on the law...that's called democracy...🤗
Here’s the thing about tourism, getting them to leave is easy. Getting them to come back is extremely difficult.
I don’t think Mallorcans care! They just want to live a normal, simple life without all the economic strains that come with the tourism.
@@tngdrczp120hopefully their economy isn’t based on tourism…
I agree with you, in Asian countries they are encouraging tourists to come for economy and create jobs for locals
@@tngdrczp120So no economy? What are these genius Islanders going to export?
@@america1754 probably just retirees that want cheaper cost of living but also want a vacation spot to themselves
They are blaming tourists, when the issue lies with how their government regulates tourism and slumlords. If the country regulated their pay and benefits, they could have better pay. And the country shouldn't allow 30 ppl in one small apartment.
If tourists continue to go there, especially staying at places like Airbnb, then they are part of the problem. You should have respect for the local community of your destination. So if tourists respect them, they should stay away in solidarity until the government improves the tourism model.
@@PumpkinMoziedon't blame Tourists. Blame the Gov't for allowing it. Tourists are NOT THE problem. In fact, they are the salvation to the economy.
Landlords are kicking out tenants in order to make more money on AirBnB. A lot of owners' associations actually prohibit holiday lets, but owners ignore them.
@@100millioneuros There are 220,000 short-let beds in the Canary Islands (an increase of 40,000 from last year) and the laws to reinforce the inspection regime and prevent new-build short lets are only being tightened up now. The idea that there's a shortage of apartment blocks in the Canary Islands or Balearics is ridiculous. The south of Tenerife is covered in them, and the tiny fishing villages of the east coast are now small towns with apartment blocks filling every spare piece of land.
Blame your local government’s failures to protect you, not tourists who will spend two weeks there once in their life
The government failures are at not curbing overtourism.
It's about gentrification. Tourists have bigger budgets when it comes to rent so the landlords are raising the prices thus pricing the locals out. Spain has very low wages compared to the rest of the EU.
Mallorca, for the tourists who go there, is not a once in a lifetime experience.
I'm German. Before I was 18, I did over 5 vacations there, probably over 10 with one visit to to Ibiza and Menorca each.
I have friends that go there every year or multiple times a year because it's just that cheap and they want the Ballermann experience.
Personally I don't go there anymore out of respect and I haven't visited the mainland yet, so... (that phrase is also quite common).
@@MaxiMonkU2BOf course they do!Use your two brain cells sometimes.
@@Domino_20
Sorry, I am drooling because my brain cells are too busy at trying to understand why would you insult me, given what I said.
The problem isn't the tourist. It's the lack of inaction by the local gov and also the greed of local property owners.
"local property owners"...
Oh it is the "tourism" yes, tourists coming to Mallorca and going to airbnb, often very much illegal. What are tourists?Toddlers?They dont know their actions have consecuences?Of course the goverment too has resposability, as well as tourism and tourists.
Who do you think pays the local government?
It's so cute to see people in the west still believing their politicians aren't corrupt.
Local?... Lol
That's why I never stay in Airbnb in Mallorca. There are plenty of hotels with pools and dining facilities in designated tourist areas, without taking away living spaces from the locals.
Most people staying in AriBnb are staying longer term. Many retired people travel the world and it is not reasonable to stay in hotels for months on end. These are 2 different things.
its not tourism because tourism has actually dropped tremendously.....its the investment firms that bought up all the apartments to short term rent on airbnb.
With a population of 900,000 that is an absurd amount of tourists.
It’s the same here in Amsterdam
But those people living in the basement are not Spaniards, they are immigrants.
Los mallorquines vivimos con nuestros padres o emigramos. Porque estamos más cualificados y podemos encontrar trabajo en otro lugar pero éso provoca que las tradiciones, la lengua mallorquina, la comida mallorquina y todo el carácter de las islas morirá con nuestros padres para convertirse en un parque temático donde propietarios del norte de europa se lucrarán esclavizando a personas necesitadas de África y América. Es lo que queremos? Ya hay pocos mallorquines pero en una generación serán 0 y os atenderán 100% esclavos.
That’s what I was thinking. They really have no business complaining. You get what you get and you don’t get upset.
They are Spaniards.
@@voltrondefenderoftheuniver8658And you have no business talking about a country in a continent you can’t even place on the map.
@@orlando5789 Not ethnically speaking. Maybe they acquired the citizenship after immigrating.
It has been a problem since I was young and I am 60 years old now. Mallorca is a prime example of what happens when Turisme is allowed to run rampant without any restrictions at all. Blame corrupt and/or short sighted politicians
Tourism is about 10% of Spains GDP. The tourists bringing money in aren't the problem. The problem is people that think they are entitled to live in any place they happen to want or happen to be born in. If you can't afford Manhattan or Monaco, do you also blame tourists for that or would it simply be better to move to a place that fits your income level better?
Finally someone who sees things clearly.
@@cyberfunk3793 we are talking about Mallorca here. Not the whole of Spain. There is a huge difference between mainland Spain and Mallorca in this regard. Wild guess- You are American and has never set foot on Spain nor Mallorca
Blame Capitalism, don't blame anything else greedy belly, this is happening everywhere locations are desirable
@@Temptation666 As a northern EU citizen, if I can’t spend a month of my summer holidays in Spain, Spaniards shouldn’t be able to use my country’s stable economy to find a job then.
Short-term rental is the issue. Ban airbnb. Blame the government, not the tourist, punto.
That's just part of the problem.
Banned long time ago
Ist banned 😂
Housing crisis appears to be an issue globally, not just the U.S.
Yes but how can we blame Biden for this?
No one should be allowed to have more then 1 house / apartment. A second one should be taxed heavily...
@@scch4056 bro go research blackrock its too late for this naive strategy they already own half the planet
@@scch4056 then people who are renting to save up for a house won't have anywhere to live 🙈 I think the problem is with owning more than 2 properties.
Obviously but most people in the USA don't have the insight to realise there is a world outside the USA. I have seen videos of people in the USA not knowing the basic geography of where other countries are on a map 😂
When Mallorca stops being a good tourist value, then the numbers will drop. Spain is a large and beautiful country; much to see.
Pues eso. A otro lado que ancha es Castilla y allí hace más falta
Why are they blaming the tourists? It's the greedy landlords and rental property owners that are to blame. They should also blame the government for not placing rent control laws and charging landlords that do not comply. Tourists should band together and stop visiting these countries that blame them for the greediness from within their country. Many of these folks rely on tourism for their livelihood.
they don't need tourism, they need good living conditions, you need tourism...
@@UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNAWhat does Mallorca export?
@@UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNA you are correct, tourism has nothing to do with it, local government problem
PLEASE do exactly that, get all your friends together and never ever come here
@@UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNA Over 10% of the GDP of the country depends on tourism, so they obviously need it.
Excellent the Spaniards are fighting this fight. I AGREE. From Portugal.
Obrigado hermano Portugués.
90% of locals would have no job without tourism... That said, just ban AirB&B and similar short term holiday rentals. Tourists will still come, but will stay where they belong to - in hotels.
Or how about don't go to socialism and restrict free markets just because some people can't afford to live in one place? It's a nice place so one should expect that under free movement and markets it's going to be expensive for non rich people, that doesn't mean it's sensical to stop the money coming in. The reason I have spent money now in many different countries and places is Airbnb, I would never have travelled to many of the places if I would have had to pay hotel prices which are often ridiculous compared to Airbnb.
@@cyberfunk3793 Can we stop talking about free markets like they're a godsend and the solution to everything?
@@jimsykes6843 Not unless you prefer to try the other option, move to Venezuela and eat your pets for dinner because you can't afford food.
@@100millioneuros The only way you could get affordable rental housing is if the municipality or government bought it themselves and then rented with subsidized prices. But I don't see any sense in that on a tourist hot spot island where land is limited. Better to just build such houses somewhere on the mainland, there are many half built apartment buildings in most places I have been in Spain. How about buy those and finish them if there is an actual housing shortage. It's a fantasy to think people will just pay higher prices if Airbnb isn't available. Some might, but if they can find Airbnb in Italy or France instead why would they pay more for Spain. I personally would not stay in a hotel, because I book 1 month at a time and a hotel would be much more expensive than Airbnb.
You are a crazy is exagerated by the way the GDP of Spain in tourism is the 12'8% for exemple the tourism GDP of U.K is the 11% .
The same thing, although still in the early stages, is happening in Malta. We have hundreds of new restaurants and cafes each year, all being allowed to take public space to put tables and chairs, new massive hotels being built everywhere, new apartments in every corner for airbnb, traffic jams everywhere at every time of the day, it is extremely hot and overcrowded in summer and there are too many jobs that can't be filled because we have no workers, we currently have 80K+ workers from Asia living here to work in the hospitality industry because there aren't any Maltese workers left. The locals here however are just complacent. No large scale protests. We depend enormously on tourism but there are a handful of very very wealthy people who are taking it a little too far.
Totally agree. Am half Maltese and was there earlier in the year..but the UK is also unaffordable. No one can afford the crazy rents here. The cost of living is outrageous, the wages don't match. There's apartment blocks going up everywhere..our roads are jammed up with cars. Its the same here
why interview someone then not let them even finish a sentence..?
and these shows go online. time limits are absurd.
The exact same thing is happening in Portugal, where the average wage is even lower at 870 € a month.
Yup. This is exactly why I only stayed in hotels when I visited earlier this month.
@@HighMaintenanceMinimalist I think air bnb´s are a great way to help the locals as well =)
@@jadedjhypsi Nope. They contribute to pricing people out of their own neighborhoods.
@@HighMaintenanceMinimalist except for when the places are owned by locals.... which gives them an income to help pay for the place they have... I KNOW this because I am one of several friends who are having to do this in order to pay all of our bills.
Over tourism or too many expats?
Are people from countries that were colonize by Spain expats though? Just giving Spain what were giving to them. 🤣
As someone born and raised in Amsterdam I would say both. Like a lot of popular cities the center is COMPLETELY focused on tourists. The decisions that are made are mostly tourist friendly instead of resident friendly like building more hotels instead of housing. Enough is enough I really hope the Dutch will protest next!
@@riverdorfsee4324the problem is that municipal politicians are probably property owners themselves. I can guarantee you that they make their money from rental income as well.
It's a huge conflict of interest.
@@riverdorfsee4324 a hard choice to make limit tourism also lowers cash inflows
@@danwelterweight4137 property owners won’t be affected compared to tourism workers if limits are in place for tourists numbers
If you are personally willing to “stay home” and never travel/become a tourist to another cities/countries, then you get to say “tourists stay home and don’t visit my hometown.” Banning tourism is not the solution. What about businesses in your city that depend on tourism for their survival? Demand your government to put a cap on tourism in your cities, or charge higher tourism taxes, etc. Shouting “You’re not welcome here where I live, but I get to go overcrowd your city as a tourist” seems rather hypocritical.
It seems to me that this issue is not about tourism, it's about access to affordable housing.
Which over-tourism is mostly responsible for. People can’t afford affordable housing because of those dreaded airbnbs, and landlords being greedy, only renting out for short term accommodation to tourists, which took away rentals from the locals and inflated everything. It’s not hard to understand, just simple logic really.
@@selmahare
But tourists spend trillions moneys while on travel.
The Gorvement can use these taxes to build AFFORDABLE PUBLIC HOUSE FOR POOR PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE, SINGLE MOM (FAMILIES). Not free but sold at affordable house!!
But Gorvement uses all these taxes for alots of wasteful things & corruption!!
In the Philippines housing in districts that are favored by expats and tourists shot up 5-10x in just 5 years. It reached a point that it’s no longer attainable so everyone is now jumping on preselling units on new townships that is yet to be built because ones expats & tourists flock to those new areas the cycle continues.
It's about gentrification. Tourists have bigger budgets when it comes to rent so the landlords are raising the prices thus pricing the locals out. Spain has very low wages compared to the rest of the EU.
you are real!!! it is a domino effect...narrow thinking mate...
The world is a lot more accessible and traveling is a lot easier and much more common than it used to be. This is happening everywhere
It will end soon. At least here in the US. Since they don't want us to own cars or homes. Traveling will be limited, too.
I guess it will happen to all countries. Since politicians work together. They act like they are enemies, but really, they are not. They want us regular humans fighting each other.
It would be wonderful if Mallorca could engage their loyal and long term foreign residents, and expatriate community (albeit small) to make a plan to bring only ethical tourism to the island - and manage the understanding of global ethics among all (privacy, respect, no bullying and harassment, no sex trafficking, keeping a distance, on and off line)
That could help bring harmony, peace and progress to all and the ecosystem.
❤
This has nothing to do with over-tourism, but everything with mismanagement of the local authorities, who do not care. And also to greed, rampant capitalism, apartment owners making huge profits.
The people living in that miserable basement are not Spaniards but Latin American immigrants. They emigrated to Spain ( most of them illegally) to work in whatever they could find and they pay to live in such a horrible place (which is illegal by the way) and which no native Spaniard would ever do.
Soy Mallorquina. Los mallorquines vivimos con los padres aunque tengamos buenos sueldos porque hemos sido excluidos del mercado. O éso o emigramos. Ahí sólo hay latinos porque ellos no tienen a sus padres aquí para alojarlos dignamente. Pero si no tuviéramos familia estaríamos como ellos.
@@jsm30458 No digo que no, sólo digo que los que han hecho el reportaje han enseñado a esa familia de inmigrantes latinoamericanos como si fueran españoles y eso no es verdad. Tampoco creo que un español aceptase vivir en un sitio así porque, a parte, esa vivienda es ilegal. Lo que pasa que los inmigrantes (muchos de ellos ilegales) aceptan cualquier cosa y no se quejan por miedo a que los deporten o a cualquier cosa.
Super unfair to the locals…. I’ll not be visiting this island… may the locals live well in peace!
South American
It's free markets and free movement, the tourists and expats from EU have equal right to move there or visit the place. If some person can't afford to live there, they should move to a place they can afford instead of complaining about money coming in or do you also complain because you can't afford to live in Monaco or New York?
Where will you go instead?
Every single country is suffering this..
@cyberfunk3793 it's the same in my hometown in the uk. People who grew up here can no longer afford to buy or even rent..everyone is being priced out of everywhere.
@@smch6416 Well if all of the country is suffering from the same, then it's not a tourist issue as tourists aren't flocking to every corner. UK problem is probably more related to economy in general, brexit etc. rather than tourists and Airbnb.
The problem is real, the locals are also to blame. There is a strong NIMBY attitude on the island. Do we build taller buildings (not necessarily skyscrapers, but let's allow for some more vertical growth): NO. Let's bring more renewables, and wind and solar farms: NO. Let's try to bring some industry or exploit natural resources: NO, pollution. So no no no no. Perhaps make accommodations more expensive, crack down on illegal Airbnb, and strongly limit existing ones. And allow for some small areas of high tourist concentration to bring in revenue. But the answer will be no.
I wish they could pin this to the top.
The local community are responsible as well
They should stop renting their houses to airbnb , stop airbnb now.
Over tourism problems began when air b&b and cheap tickets began. This kind off tourism doesn’t give back to the city. Its cheap tourism.
Yes, quality tourists are welcome. They spend the most, and put more money in. Cheap drunkards only think of themselves, and find the cheapest things.
I've been to Mallorca multiple times, but I think it's too overcrowded there. They should really put a limit on the number of tourists and also ban Airbnb and other methods for locals to rent their apartments to tourists, because that will naturally decrease the affordable living space for locals. I've never been to the south where all the drinking party tourism takes place because that just disgusts me, so i wouldn't mind if they shut that down as well. The locals should vote for a less greedy and less corrupt government.
It is in the hands of the European Union. Not our politicians. We tried to limit the purchase of homes to investors and people who do not reside on the islands, but Mrs. Ursula Von Der Lyen said a few days later that this was contrary to the European Union treaties. Because all Europeans must have the same rights. IF WE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME SALARIES IN THE SAME JOB POSITION WE ARE NOT EQUAL. Make my salary equal to yours and I will agree with you but this is colonialism. We are on the way to disappearing the Mallorcans and our culture and having a South Africa with wealthy people from the north and their slaves from South America and Africa living in substandard housing and vans. In a job of the same category, my friends who have emigrated to Germany earn 3 times more. For me, the right to a residence where our family lives is more important than your right to have a vacation home, but the EU leaders threatened us and they think not.
Most of the air BNB in Mallorca and Canary islands are the second residence of a person from the north of Europe who rents that when he's not there and pays the house with that money. Or people who works from their home in Mallorca half of the year and the other half in their country renting the house. If you need to live in that house you can't Make money with that. You can't pay that huge quantity. A lot of that people don't have licence and rent it ilegaly. I'm taxi driver and I know perfectly where is the people hosted.
@@sarahjaynescott545 Not surprising 😡🤬
They could put a limit on the number of Airbnb’s allowed. I like Airbnb as a traveler because hotels are so overpriced! And I like living as a local. But I see that the bad outweighs the good. It’s bad for the local economy.
Mass Media belong to conservative parties so poor people keep voting those who are enslaving them and they use patriotism to brainwash them.
I left the island and went back to my home country due to receiving average pay and paying 50% for rent, excluding bills. It's an amazing place, but so not worth it
Seems like a really simple fix. $50-$100 per tourist visitors tax that is used to build housing for residents of the island who fall into a lower income bracket. Use the tax to keep those rents low, build infrastructure (better public transportation) to handle the increased visitors.
So where does all the tourism tax go ?
In the pockets of politicians probably.
Same in the UK. A 1 bedroom apartment in Brighton costs £1700. The wages in Brighton do not match this. The flats are also full of mould. To rent a room here is £800 a month. Its crazy..its not just mallorca. No one can afford this.
Theres tons of 40 year olds sharing with others..
well with that I can agree this problem of ridicish housing costs happen all over western world....
Blame the locals that sellout, not tourists.
I hate Mallorca. Even as a tourist it isnot enjoyable, when the place is attacked by Germans and Danes most of the time and one can not even go out and eat, when all restaurants are full. Food is mediocre, hotels are overpriced, and the roads are full with cars
I am with them 100%. There, Bali, mexico....Thailand...barcelona.all of it
As a Spaniard I prefer the emptiness of the central area of my country, which has nature wonders and hidden historical gems. The Balearic islands are wonderful and I know them in an out, but in summer they are crammed.
Don't tell them, or they will be coming there next!
Same thing happening in Italy. I don’t blame these places at all. People LIVE in this places, folks!
So many entitled and disrespectful people roaming around nowadays. All these social media influencers and these younger entitled snobs who think the world revolves around them.
This existence is about RESPECT. Be respectful to the people of where you go and to those surroundings!
There’s 1 million people in Mallorca and they receive 18 million people from tourism. How do pleople in Mallorca don’t get paid better? You know who is gaming the locals, it’s their own businesses.
We have the same problem in Morocco , many young families had to move far away from theirs towns due to high cost of rent, tourism only making rich people richer and poor people poorer!!!
Really? Most of Morocco seems to be blighting Spain and France
It’s funny that they blame tourists!
Definitely not a tourism problem but a local problem, greedy locals are trying to make extra profit by raising property/accommodation prices.
This is ultimately a government issue. The government has many levers in place to limit--and control--tourism. So, they need to vote out their corrupt officials and install those who will implement basic levers. The problem, though, is that there economic base is a monoculture of tourism.
They should protest against those landlords and authorities.
The problem started all the way back in the 70's and 80's but it really went bonkers post the 2000's
THE SAME IS HAPPENING IN MADEIRA. STOP MASS TOURISM
In Madeira and in Algarve and is starting in Costa Alentejana
The tourists are the ones that bring in the money, so no sane politician is going to stop it in a country that is in debt.
i used to work in add sell doing B2B sells... in county there used to be one part that was really depending on tourism. There was world sport event hold there every year etc... the owners were really how to say.... thinking they were gods... ;) the additute bite their smart behinds soon when the event was cancelled, the prices were ridicish for locals and then covid hit... ohhh the crying of that sector and area then.... no tourists, no job, no money.... so yeah, keep going, keep going and sawing the branch you are sitting on....
Amazing your blaming tourists and not your government
The problem may be the World has become richer. Places that never could afford to be tourists now are traveling. This includes Eastern Europe, Asia, Mexico - where disposable income is coming from a wider base. I have seen reports like this for a few years - Venice and Kyoto really stick out in my mind.
and are you suggesting they become poor again and not travel?
really , that is not the tourists fault but the greediness of landlords
Los propietarios son inversores extranjeros en su mayoría. Que fueron turistas en su momento. Cada vez más europeos quieren comprar una casa para que se pague alquilándola en AIR BNB cuando no están con o sin licencia. Les da igual porque las multas españolas son una broma para los extranjeros. Los dueños del restaurante que se vino abajo matando a 4 personas eran unos inversores alemanes que no tenían licencia para las obras que habían hecho ni licencia para tener a gente en el piso de arriba, que no estaba hecho para soportar peso. Y tampoco tenían pasada la inspección técnica del edificio. Vienen aquí a hacer lo que en sus países no les dejan. Ya sea beber, armar alboroto, pelearse, comportarse como unos cerdos y tirar basura o si tienen dinero hacer negocio sucio para lucrarse.
Well, that was some very poor reporting from DW. You didn't even get close to the root of the multiple issues of the housing issues in mallorca.
STOP MASS TOURISM. We need urgent regulations on tourism (number of tourists, car rentals, cruises, airbnb, facilities on selling properties to foreigners, etc.) as well as defending our identity, language and culture, which is being lost in this madness. Of course politicians must act but it's also very important that all people become aware of the reality of the locals.
The tourists will take their money elsewhere. Locals who rely on tourism will soon realize that it's your own Gov that is the problem, not tourists. Mallorca will be a ghost town this summer. Your wish is about to come true.
@@100millioneuros The problem with mass tourism is not only related on getting an apartment. Anyway, to say that we simply have to build more apartments on such small and limited islands is the craziest reply I have ever seen... in any case, we are not talking about abolishing tourism, but about regularising it.
It would had been much better if this report explained HOW mass tourism affects housing prices from the beginning. We had to wait until 3 minutes before the two female guests clearly explained the problem. If the authorities regulated apartment rentals and regulated the building of new apartments for other than local people, this could be dealt with. Too often people complain without really understanding the cause of the problem and then sitting down and figuring out the course of action to change things. Regulate how many people can be there at any time, you could have entrance tacks and exit taxes. So many things could be done and yet the government sits there helpless like they do not know what to do.
what they don't you here is that this not just mallorca,this is on ALL the canary islands and this is not even news. this started a few months ago
600 euros a month for that mouldy room? What?!
Increase hotel and airport tax. Use that money to build affordable housing.
Those awful tour operators that treat people like cattle are to blame. They cater to cheap tourists who don’t spend at their destinations. Everything is included, and the local economy doesn’t reap any benefit. Then, there’s the issue of foreign temporary workers who are attracted by the influx of tourists. They have a hard time affording the cost of living.
It must be said that the Balearic Islands are a beautiful corner of Spain. Gorgeous environment that must be protected as well.
So if the tourists leave, what will the locals do for work?
develop a proper non tourism based economy
@@UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNAAnd what are you going to live on while you are “developing”?That takes decades my friend.
@@UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNA coal mine? or it? or what? building some factories there and locals go work there? Dont think so... but I really do hope they get their wish...
@@UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNA lol no, they will go on unemployment benefits which will further increase Spain's debt and there will be more demands from Spanish politicians that the rest of the Eurozone covers their debt.
@@Domino_20Ya vivíamos de otras cosas antes del turismo masivo. El que no tenga arraigo se irá y quedaremos los verdaderos mallorquines, que somos un 20% de la población o menos. Y si hay que cultivar patatas (Mallorca ya exporta mucha patata a Inglaterra) lo haré. Me da igual. Yo sólo quiero que mi cultura no desaparezca y no tener que separarme de mi familia. Pero no te preocupes, que ni con una espátula gigante lograríamos que los extranjeros se vayan.
Mass tourism in Bali suck too.
The same is happening in Morocco! People cannot afford to buy flats or houses.We barely have rain here and yet the swimming pool of hotels are full ! Many countries are suffering from Mass tourism!
If you have desalination plants in Morocco, there shouldn't be a correlation between rain and pools.
Too little too late. Same thing happened in Barcelona and Lisbon
Tourist bring money to your country, the business owners don’t want to pay you enough to live. The tourist are not the problem, it’s the business owners who’s profiting from tourists are the problem. Instead protest to earn more money.
Greed is the worldwide problem in the 21st century. The gap between the rich and the poor is unprecedentedly huge. Things need to be changed before it’s too late.
I wouldn’t say ‘unprecedented’, it was far worse in the Victorian times/early 1900s. But it is an issue that needs to be addressed somehow
Mallorca and Tenerife do have the same exact problem...
So Tourism doesn’t bring money to the country which their politicians keep that is not the tourists fault-
People should be allowed to travel.
It’s happening everywhere. Where I live in Kent, houses here are around £250,000 we’ve just had a family from Spain move next to us and a couple from Italy moved here last year 😄
If I can't visit Spain for my holidays as an European, I don't see why we should allow Spanish in our country. And yes, I'm from a northern EU country full of Spanish workers.
Corruption and greed !! Same problem all over the world . Tourists are not the problem they bring much needed money to the economy.
Mallorca does not want "mass" tourism..and want the government to step in and create some kind of balance.... Tourism is not the problem, greed is....I have been living and working in Mallorca for 19 years and tourism is welcome but the island cannot deal with it on a mass scale.......No quick fix though...
I lived, worked and played on Mallorca. It's interesting, because the locals were constantly finding ways to push back against mass tourism. One thing they often did was remove signs to certain beaches (and other attractions) so that tourists couldn't find them. 🗺️ 📍 Because I had immersed myself in their culture and demonstrated *respect* for their island, I was fortunate enough to be granted access.🤸🏿♀️🏖️🤫 People forget that while Mallorca is an island, it's also a *EUROPEAN* island -- not Carribean! Most Europeans really just want to be left alone. (It's nothing personal or mean-spirited.)🌬️✨
This person from a Caribbean island is also sick and tired of the the stuck traffic, the crowded beaches, the noise, the destruction of our flora and fauna, the new hotels and condos, the housing market that has become too expensive for locals. It’s a global problem, not just European.
What does it not being Caribbean mean ?
@@yolandacroes5491I love the Caribbean! 😍 I definitely understand your frustration! Even though I was only an expat, because I actually lived on Mallorca, I had to deal with the traffic, overcrowding, etc. while there, too. 😩 I quickly learned that *living and working* in a place is completely different from just vacationing there for a few days! 💯 Now I always keep that in mind whenever I travel. ✈️
What division there between a European and a Caribbean island? Caribbeans aren't a lesser being.
The American way of life is truly spreading worldwide.
Ugh sadly
It's capitalism...the USA is hyper-capitalist, which has now turned into corporate fascism, where corporations have more rights than citizens. It's a mess... human greed is terrible, and people really need to fight back and not be complacent, or the greedy ones will destroy the world.
We all have a spyglass to look at what miserable society the u.s is but our E.U leaders don't seem to bother. It seems that's what they want for our future. Mental health crisis, homelessness, war, misery...
@@danielcaldwell1110 many of us Canadians are surprised that this is is now happening to us too. What is going on in our societies. For us our governing people are sick.
@@pdnowlin I think people are choosing to ignore the reality that capitalism is simply not sustainable. These are the symptoms of an imbalanced society, if people had simply a little bit more money none of this would be happening, none, and the sad part is that given the economy is no longer backed by gold reserves this is simply a choice of keeping people poor. This system has 300 years, it's time to move on.
Perhaps theyshould just ask the locals toshutdown some of their hotels and holiday lets, if they want less tourists.
"Hi yes the country's having a hard time; can you shut down your business and cut out 100% of your income for us all? Thanks."
Wont work.
Just ban Air-BNB, let all the tourist stays at hotels and resorts.
We dont need cheapo and poor tourist roaming around....
Obviously you do, when 10% of the GDP is from tourists and most aren't going to pay for hotels if cheaper options are available. If you can't afford a place, how about you move out instead of the tourists?
If the Airbnb tourists are cheapo and poor does that mean the locals are DIRT poor because they can't compete with those poor tourists?
What? 😂 AirBnbs are more expensive then most hotels. Cheap. You think only getting the wealthy is going to help? They’re not going to help the mom and pop stores.
@@75THRANGER1 Airbnb certainly isn't more expensive than hotels, sure you can find more expensive Airbnb than regular hotel but cheap Airbnb is cheaper than any usual hotel.
Greedy landlords/ slumlords are global. Good for the people for speaking up.
A lot of foreigners that never been to Spain think that because they can afford everything when visiting: everyone living there can too but it's not true. The waiter serving you your expensive meal and drinks lives in a small apartment or room for rent. You should always tip generously for good service.
its not the tourists fault its their governments fault..tipping is not a thing in spain
@@laoch5658 Tipping is not a thing in Romania either but i always tipped the entire year i lived and partied there.
No.
Los españoles protestan contra el turismo masivo (que es justificado), pero luego a su vez son también muchos los españoles los que alquilan sus pisos a los turistas a precios masivos para enriquecerse, lo que en gran parte ha provocado que los locales no puedan permitirse una vivienda asequible. Ésto es el mayor problema. En vez de protestar y esperar a que el gobierno intervenga (que no servirá para nada), paremos de alquilar nuestras casas a los turistas.
Soy taxista. El 90% de los air BNB ilegales están en manos de extranjeros. Yo llevo a la gente a la puerta y veo cómo los reciben o les esconden la llave en algún lugar.
El mallorquín rara vez tiene varias viviendas y el que alquila lo suele hacer con licencia. Ahora es más comolicado que te la den y a los extranjeros que han invertido les da igual tener permiso o no. Y las multas son demasiado bajas.
Como el piso que se vino abajo en El Arenal. Eran unos alemanes que hicieron la obra sin licencia y no tenían permiso para poner peso arriba ni había pasado la inspección técnica el edificio. Pero les dio igual.
Vienen a hacer lo que en sus países no les dejan porque las multas son irrisorias para ellos.
La mayoría de los alquileres son extranjeros que teletrabajan la mitad del año y cuando no están meten gente y extranjeros que se pagan la casa de vacaciones alquilándola cuando no están. Luego también están los que compran para venderselo más caro más adelante a sus compatriotas y los que ya compran con la idea de que lo alquilarán y se van a forrar. La isla y la economía ya ha expulsado a la mayoría de los mallorquines que sólo podemos ver como unos cauces económicos muy oscuros mueven el dinero, se cargan nuestros recursos y no están a nuestro alcance. Por la avaricia y la falta de conocimiento de los boomers, los jóvenes nos hemos convertido en meros espectadores de la destrucción de nuestra isla y nuestra cultura (éso los que heredan algo y no se tienen que ir). Los mallorquines no tienen dónde quedarse entonces ya no venden. Meten a sus familiares a vivir en sus propiedades.
Im of the crowd thinking, "why cant their government step in and create some sort of regulation that curbs the wrong kinds of income, in a stagnated manner everyone and the economy there can adjust to slowly over time? Why was this allowed to happen? Obviously the locals need to have a bit more financial freedom here and tourists need to be curtailed given the current situation."
Blame your Government and for the tourists don't travel to Mallorca find other countries that you can enjoy your vacation.
Ban Airbnb
What they need is more housing. I can guarantee you it probably takes years and years to approve new housing projects and new development projects.
All big big cities around the world are facing the same problem.
Municipalities horde land and limit the amount of new housing developments developers can build.
Then they also charge an arm and a leg in taxes for each square meter of land built.
They need more housing, specially low cost social housing.
If the tourists decide to stay away from these places lets see how long it will be before they start begging for the tourist to return because the economy will fall, they will need the money. The problems in these countries is not tourism it's down to the local governments.
Expensive housing is all over the world now. Even us here in 3rd world countries. 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Blame your own local, state and federal governments for not heavily regulating companies like AirBnB.
Dont blame the tourists, they brought millions into the country. Start with the greedy landlords and government. Maybe the tourists should stop visiting for 5 years, see who complains then when unemployment rises.
The problem is not Airbnb, the problem is cheap flights. When we were kids, there was always grannys who rented their houses in Summer, it was the Airbnb of the time, the difference was that flights were so expensive that you would either have to go by boat or go every two years. Now you take a flight like you are taking a train ride
It’s the world over. Here in Tahiti locals can’t afford housing prices forced up by foreigners…Hawaii has an even worse situation for local people !!!!!! Bali is irrevocably changed forever…. t. Everest is a trash dump with lines of climbers that’s ridiculous. This is all Toxic Tourism !! A 21st Century horror…..
I think a big part of the problem are many foreigners who actually move to Mallorca, not so much the tourists
Pues cuando me he intentado comprar una casa los que no me han dejado porque han hecho una oferta mejor no eran ilegales. Eran Suecos y Alemanes. Y ésas casas están vacías la mayor parte del año y mientras tanto yo sigo viviendo con mis padres mientras espero a encontrar algo (pero los precios suben más alto de mi capacidad de ahorro) Tengo un muy buen sueldo y no me puedo quedar. Y no es culpa de los pobres miles de personas que sobreviven en caravanas, furgonetas, balcones e infraviviendas. Es culpa de la Unión Europea por no permitirnos limitar la compra a los no residentes.
I grew up on that island 🏝️…….. it comes to me in nightmares
This is the first time heard of this place. Noted, will not consider going to where tourists are considered as a burden. Immigration was one of the biggest issues fueled Brexit. Can over-tourism be an issue too obvious to explain the root causes of the locals' plights? Let the locals figure that out and will stay away from their homeland to honor their wishes
Be careful what you wish for. Once the island is not accessible to tourists how will you all survive? It’s pure and simple. It’s not tourism it’s government regulations which needs to be reformed