Overview

• Palma City Council will remove about 1,700 sunbeds from four beaches, reducing capacity by 20% starting in 2026.
• Playa de Palma’s loungers will drop from over 6,000 to 4,436 and Cala Major, Cala Estància and Ciutat Jardi will see similar cuts.
• The Southern Europe Network Against Touristification has organized a mass demonstration on June 15 in Majorca and other Spanish cities.
• The Balearic Islands government has rolled out a visitor tax and a hire-car levy as part of wider tourism containment measures.
• Locals point to scarce beach space, rising rents and shoreline erosion from sea-level rise and heavy tourist use as core concerns.