Mallorca protest scheduled late July 2026

Menys Turisme Més Vida, a Mallorcan anti-overtourism collective, said on June 2 that it will hold a new protest in Palma on July 26, reviving the campaign that drew large crowds to the island last year. The group said the march will begin at 7 p.m. on a Sunday in the Balearic capital. It said a press conference was scheduled for June 7 on the steps of Palma’s cathedral to present its summer actions, including the July demonstration. ### When is the next protest, and who is organizing it? The June 2 announcement in the Majorca Daily Bulletin named Menys Turisme Més Vida — Catalan for “Less Tourism, More Life” — as the organizing platform behind the July 26 protest in Palma. The report said the group framed the action as a response to what it sees as continued pressure from tourism on housing, infrastructure and daily life on the island. (majorcadailybulletin.com) Friday, June 7, is the next public date on the calendar. The group said it would use a press conference at the cathedral steps to set out further actions for the summer season. ### Why are organizers pointing to the airport? (majorcadailybulletin.com) Palma de Mallorca Airport has become one of the symbols cited by protesters because of its ongoing redevelopment works. The Majorca Daily Bulletin said organizers pointed to the airport project as evidence that policy is still geared toward accommodating or increasing tourist flows rather than reducing them. (majorcadailybulletin.com) Aena, the Spanish airport operator, says Palma airport is undergoing a major remodeling of its terminal area. In a company project page, Aena describes the works as a modernization plan, and in a 2025 press release it said 84 million euros of additional investment would go to the terminal-area remodeling to speed execution. Separate local coverage last week said the broader redevelopment was in its final phase and put the total project value at about 560 million euros. (majorcadailybulletin.com) ### Is this part of a broader campaign or a one-off march? February 18 marked an earlier step in the campaign, when Menys Turisme Més Vida called an assembly to plan new actions for 2026. The group said at the time that the “constant increase in overtourism in Mallorca” required grassroots organization, and the Majorca Daily Bulletin reported that the platform included local groups across the island as well as established organizations such as the environmental group GOB. (remodelacion-aeropuerto-palma-mallorca.es) Last year’s mobilizations provide the backdrop. Coverage from 2025 and follow-up reports described Menys Turisme Més Vida as one of the main platforms behind demonstrations against tourist overcrowding in Mallorca, including protests coordinated with other cities in southern Europe. (majorcadailybulletin.com) ### How large were the previous demonstrations? A June 15, 2025 protest in Palma drew sharply different crowd estimates. Europa Press said organizers put attendance at 30,000, while Local Police and National Police put the turnout at about 8,000. The same report said the march was coordinated with actions in other southern European cities and held simultaneously in Ibiza. (majorcadailybulletin.com) Those figures matter because they show the scale organizers are trying to recreate in late July 2026. The July 26 protest is the first date publicly fixed so far, but the June 7 press conference is expected to lay out the rest of the summer campaign. (europapress.es) ### What happens next? June 7 is the next milestone, when Menys Turisme Més Vida says it will speak on the cathedral steps in Palma. July 26 at 7 p.m. is the scheduled date and time for the protest itself, according to the June 2 report. (majorcadailybulletin.com)