Brits outsmart angry anti-tourist protesters with simple tactic after 1000s of sunbeds in Majorca were scrapped
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GROUCHY beach bosses are scrapping nearly a quarter of Majorca's sunbeds on popular beaches in a bid to put off tourists.
Hundreds of recliners for hire have already gone ahead of this year's summer invasion — in a cull set to see 1,700 shifted from the sands by 2026.
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Brits in Majorca have taken their towels to the beach after bosses scrapped nearly a quarter of sunbeds
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On Sunday, 10,000 locals joined a march condemning holidaymakers
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Playa de Palma is reportedly set to lose most sunbeds - from 6,000 to 4,436
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Officials are also planning to take away hundreds of parasols from next year after locals said there was nowhere for them to sunbathe.
It comes after Majorcans protested against mass tourism taking over.
On Sunday, 10,000 locals joined a march condemning holidaymakers swamping resorts and forcing them out of their homes.
Police even scuffled with a menacing crowd who had ringed a popular restaurant to chant at tourist diners.
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Playa de Palma is reportedly set to lose most sunbeds, from 6,000 to 4,436.
But Brits have vowed to carry on sunbathing by simply taking their towels and lying on the sand.
Hairdresser Nigel Oxby, 53, from Doncaster, who was holidaying in Playa de Palma with his family, said: 'I'll just come down with my towel if I really want to go to the beach.
'There's tons of other beaches with nothing on them.
'If you're a local and you don't like tourists, then there's other places to go.'
He said he does not feel as welcome on the island since the anti-tourism movement took hold, adding: 'There's an undercurrent of not being as welcome from people in the bars and restaurants.
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'When they hear you're English, they're not interested.'
Friends Sally Wilford, 50, and Tracey Brown, 56, in Llucmajor, vowed: 'We'll just lie on towels.'
Barista Sally insisted the ploy to cut tourism will not work, adding: 'The plane was full on our way out.'
Activists are still not satisfied with the beds cut and are threatening to block tourists from beaches.
Pere Joan, 26, of Less Tourism, More Life, said: 'If we increase action, then maybe politicians will take the problem seriously.'
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Protesters chanting slogans at tourists in Palma de Majorca
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