text: Fearing that overdevelopment , as well as new trends and tastes in international tourism , would leave the Balearics behind , authorities have moved to protect remaining undeveloped areas as nature preserves , proclaiming them off-limits to all construction , and have even blown up some of the more unsightly hotel blemishes on the coasts .
  
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  Overdevelopment could hurt the Balearics by destroying the wildlife .