Overview

• On July 5, unidentified vandals sprayed slogans such as “Deutsche raus” and “Ausländische Käufer fahrt zur Hölle” on nearly 30 German-owned shops and dozens of foreign-registered cars in Santanyí.
• Santanyí’s Ortspolizei has opened a probe but has not identified any suspects or received claims of responsibility for the defacement.
• The Hoteliersverband Fehm and local officials condemned the racist vandalism as an extremist action that undermines community cohesion and tourism income.
• The attack marks an escalation from earlier mass demonstrations, union strike threats and recent tourist-tax hikes aimed at easing overcrowding and housing shortages.
• An anonymous Instagram account continues to fuel the debate over mass tourism by spotlighting overcrowding, environmental degradation and local living-cost pressures.