Irish holidaymakers are being advised to give Majorca and the Canary Islands a miss as they are said to be “collapsing” under the weight of their popularity.
Travel guides are warning tourists off these beloved destinations in 2025, flagging that they’re buckling “under the burden of their own prominence.”
As a result, these spots might turn into “prohibitively expensive, homogenized, or even destroyed” areas, resulting in travel experiences that leave much to be desired.
Each year, Fodor releases a ‘Not List’ that highlights “destinations suffering from untenable popularity.”
This list features numerous European hotspots that were hit by anti-tourism protests last year, with many implementing new rules for tourists. Speaking to Yahoo News, Fodor said: “These locations are popular for good reason-they are stunning, intriguing, and culturally significant.”
“However, some of these highly coveted tourist spots are collapsing under the burden of their own prominence.”, reports Belfast Live.
Fodor specifically points out Barcelona, Majorca and the Canary Islands as places to avoid this year when choosing your next holiday destination.
Throughout much of 2024, anti-tourism protestors held large-scale demonstrations across the Canary Islands and mainland Spain, calling for an urgent overhaul of the current tourism model, which they claim is negatively impacting local residents.
In Gran Canaria, hundreds of locals gathered in Maspalomas back in October. Over in Tenerife’s Playa de las Americas, a whopping 2,000 activists descended on Troya Beach, catching British holidaymakers off guard as they chanted: “This beach is ours” and brandished signs stating: “Go, Home Tourists.”
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During the October protests across the Canary Islands, an estimated 10,000 demonstrators participated, voicing their concerns with slogans such as “The Canary Islands are not for sale” and “we are foreigners in our land”.
Meanwhile, in Barcelona, tourists found themselves on the receiving end of water pistols as disgruntled protesters demanded they leave. In July 2024, around 2,800 protesters took to the streets in a massive march, advocating for a new economic strategy that would significantly cut down the number of tourists in Catalonia’s capital.
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