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Anti-tourist fanatics in Spain join Extinction Rebellion AND Free Palestine to plot summer holiday misery
Campaigners say all the causes are linked and refuse to rule out joining attempts to disrupt flights
ANTI-tourism protesters have teamed up with Extinction Rebellion and Free Palestine to plot a summer of holiday misery.
The campaigners, fighting to curb the tourist takeover of Spanish islands, backed the eco activists’ tactics, such as airport blockades.
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They say the causes are linked and refuse to rule out joining attempts to disrupt flights.
Joan Villalonga, a spokesman for Less Tourism, More Life, said: “We understand it as a systemic problem, so we obviously support these other groups and we talk with each other.
“Together we are stronger to fight as a community and to empower people to rule ourselves.”
The anti-tourism movement has been gathering strength in the Balearic and Canary islands.
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On Sunday, 20,000 took part in a protest in Majorca capital Palma, with tourists telling how they were abused and had water thrown at them.
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It came as Just Stop Oil activists tried to launch a Europe-wide campaign of airport disruption on Wednesday. Arrests in seven countries meant it came to little, although airports in Frankfurt and Oslo were hit yesterday.
But worse could be to come with the tourism protesters teaming up with Extinction Rebellion, Greta Thunberg’s group Fridays for Future and the Free Palestine movement.
Student Joan, 25, said action could last years, adding: “We will do whatever we consider useful. Blocking the airport may be useful or may not be. We will see.”
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