Love & War
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t feels a confusing world right now. Tourist numbers are up but some of the locals are fed up. Some do not believe the numbers are up at all, though by the roads and crowds it is hard to conceive taking many more. Tourism seems to be creating a division between VIP and its standard self and we are being encouraged to use an app to report on our neighbours exploiting
Ibiza’s tourism without due permissions. You might be able to go to a beach bar next year, you might not, but if you can it will be a lot quieter. You will also be likely to see some ‘public art’ suggesting that you should bring your holiday to an early end. You could always come up with a witty response. Perhaps of all possibilities, the one most certain is that there will not be enough taxis. The lack of flexi-
bility among the taxi drivers is something that we go into in some depth on page 6 . I am not obsessed honest. But for all these situations and opposing positions, the events in Barcelona and now in Finland remind us that in comparison our problems are nothing. We need more love, less war, that’s all that really matters.