An estimated 25,000 people took part in Sunday’s demonstration in Palma. This was the figure from the National Police and so exceeded the numbers for similar protests in 2024 and 2025. The organisers, the Menys Turisme, Més Vida platform, reckoned there were 70,000.
The protest demanded a reduction in tourism and denounced the consequences of overtourism – the impact on housing, a loss of quality of life for residents and increasingly precarious employment with wages insufficient to live with dignity.
The numbers, it was felt, were swelled by the arrests of two women in Santa Maria who were responsible for graffiti on estate agency offices.
The demonstration began in Plaça Espanya. The square was full half an hour before the 7pm start. The route for the march was along Vía Roma, La Rambla and C. Unió before turning into Passeig Born and C. Antoni Maura and concluding at Ses Voltes with the reading of a manifesto.
The protesters included representatives of two opposition parties, PSOE and Més.
Police escorted demonstrators, who marched peacefully. There were no incidents until the march arrived at Ses Voltes and where police cordons, for capacity reasons, meant that not everyone could gain access. The police had to draw batons to establish control.