British tourists are cancelling trips to Majorca following protests on the island, a leading regional holiday company has claimed. Habtur Balears, a holiday rentals firm in the Balearic Islands, said it has been getting calls from customers in the UK asking whether Majorca was “dangerous” and if they could come to harm there, following months of anti-tourism protests. Manager Maria Gilbert told Diario de Mallorca: “Long-standing clients who have been coming to Majorca for years and had already made their reservation this year have called - after seeing the news - to cancel.
” Referring to calls the association was getting from places like Germany and the UK, she added: “We get questions asking us if it’s dangerous to go to Majorca, are they going to hurt us?” Yoann Blanc, co-owner of holiday rentals specialist Alquilair, told the newspaper: “We’ve been receiving calls for weeks now from guests who are worried about the news of tourism-phobia. A few days ago a family who were in a holiday rental property in Bunyola found the windshield on their hire car covered with stickers saying ‘Tourist go home.’” He went on to describe the hire car incident as “worrying”, saying on social media: “I don’t know what will happen next.
What’s going on this summer is becoming an emotional issue.” Their comments come after numerous anti-mass tourism protests across Spain this year, including one that saw sinister graffiti stating ‘kill a tourist’ appear la.