to Spain where residents on the island of mayorca are set to protest today against the impact of record levels of Tourism Spain has seen a number of demonstrations across different cities in recent weeks with locals arguing they're being priced out of Housing and that visitor numbers are damaging the local culture and environment our Europe correspondent Nick beak sent us this report from aoka British tourists are throwing themselves into their summer Spanish getaways escaping the weather back home the beaches of magalo packed with record numbers tourism is powering the national economy as the good times roll
down the road the same sand but a very different experience Sonia and Son Luca can't find anywhere to live she says many homes are bought up by Foreign visitors or rented out to tourists at prices she can't afford it's hard to get up every morning and start looking for a flat the prices are higher every day I stop people in the street and ask if they have anything because the day is approaching when I will have to leave the apartment I see me and my son homeless soon because there is absolutely nothing as Spain's tourist
hotspots have grown and grown over the decades the debate has raged as to whether the millions of visitors bring more problems than they do benefits but this summer it feels like something has changed there's this new level of anger with many locals saying that they've had [Applause] enough in Barcelona a fortnight ago local squirted visitors with water pistols one of a number of recent protests across Spain get out of our streets was the chance we can see the port and we can see how suay are arriving like 12,000 of people at the same time to
the city back in mayorca local activist per Joan is organizing a demonstration this weekend he wants a limit on visitor numbers and rejects the claim that tourism brings great wealth for the locals this is a fake argument because we see like the last years is arriving more tourist than never more money than never but this money where it goes is going to the people or is going only to some economic powers and this is what we are seeing y the Green family from rotheram hope they're boosting the local economy tourist boost it and make the
money to what it is for this sort of players it isn't it so I no I don't see a people travel around well don't they and that's what these s places are for AR they if to them economy and all rest so well if no one turned up then there' been no shops here no jobs no wages yeah tourism has bounced back after covid but record levels are creating new problems and provoking what could be an unprecedented backlash Nick beak BBC News mayorca
