Professor of Philosophy at the UIB and founding member of Terraferida, Xim Valdivielso spoke with ARA Baleares about the hoteliers' campaign to convey a welcoming message to tourists. He believes the root of public discontent is the inability to access housing and attributes much of the problem to tourist rentals.

The youth organization Arran has accused the government of criminalizing the grassroots movement, especially in cases where protests go "against its ideals." "Both the current government of Marga Prohens and previous ones, especially those of Pacte, have led us to the current situation, in which we have lost in all areas of our lives to the profits of the tourism sector," Arran said in a statement on Tuesday. The organization ironically emphasized that "on an island full of graffiti of all kinds, the government has strongly condemned the only ones that have directly pointed it out." According to Arran, the government has taken "one more step in its attempt to criminalize the grassroots movement." The organization forcefully stated that the government "persecutes" certain displays of discontent from civil society.

Menorca, the Biosphere Reserve island with the benchmark territorial and sustainability model for the rest of the archipelago, is beginning to falter. Summer is starting with a growing forecast for tourist arrivals, but with less water and less decarbonization and waste separation than expected. It will also be the last Balearic island to implement measures to reduce vehicle traffic in the summer, although the PP government in the Consell recognizes that the roads are already much more saturated than the island's current road network can absorb. Some indicators of the environmental strategy it pledged to implement by 2030 have even regressed. This is, today, the environmental snapshot of Menorca.