Huge protest in Malaga in opposition to over-tourism

Within the metropolis of Malaga in southern Spain, hundreds of individuals took half in a protest in opposition to mass tourism. In keeping with the group, 25,000 residents walked via the middle yesterday, the newspaper El Pais estimated the quantity at 15,000.

The demonstrators had banners and placards with texts akin to “Malaga is just not on the market” and “This isn’t tourism, however an invasion”.

“The scenario is unstable. It’s unimaginable to purchase a home,” stated an activist in El Pais. A feminine engineer instructed the identical newspaper that she lately checked out a windowless storage that was for lease for 600 euros a month.

The tenants’ affiliation of the realm had known as for the criticism. Partly as a result of rising variety of guests and vacation houses, there’s a scarcity of enormous homes within the city and there’s a lot of inconvenience.

There are over 12,000 registered vacation houses in Malaga. Solely Madrid and Barcelona have extra. As well as, many personal people illegally lease lodging to holidaymakers.

There have additionally been latest protests in opposition to over-tourism in Mallorca, the Canary Islands and Barcelona. The best turnout was in Malaga.