HUNDREDS of anti-tourism zealots in a popular Spanish resort have blocked an access to a beach in the latest staged protest. The angry locals have spelled out their message for tourists with their own bodies in the picturesque Menorcan beach. Protesters boasted that they had "residents' cars" filling a parking lot near the lovely cove of Cala Turqueta on the southern coast of the island.
They then shaped the words "SOS Menorca" in the sand along the water's edge using towels and their own bodies. According to local sources, the surprise protest by environmental non-profit organisation GOB Menorca "blocked" the car park to tourists for almost six hours starting early Saturday morning. In an effort to "hinder the arrival of tourists," the demonstrators reportedly packed the first bus that was headed for Cala Turqueta.
GOB Menorca said overnight: “This was not a protest against tourism, but against massification and the degradation that brings. “250 people gathered in Cala Turqueta to demand a change of direction for Menorca. “They filled the car park with residents’ cars and created messages on the sand with their towels and other things.
“The images captured convey the concern of the Menorcan population about the massification of the island.” Most read in The Sun A spokesperson claimed that by taking these steps , they were reaffirming the rights to adequate housing, the preservation of the island's natural resources, a diverse economy, and the return of young peop.