Holidaymakers warned as anti-tourism demos spread in Spain
British holidaymakers in Spain are being warned about the spread of anti-tourism demonstrations in resorts and cities.
Campaign group Arran Països Catalans has carried out protests in Barcelona, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands over the past two weeks and has said it will carry out more.
The group is angry that tourism hotspots are becoming overcrowded and local people are being priced out of the rental and housing markets.
The group has targeted a tourist bus in Barcelona as well as broken hotel windows and slashed tyres on rental bikes in the city.
On Majorca, demonstrators targeted a restaurant in Palma, carrying flare guns and yelling at tourists to ‘go home’.
Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy described the group as ‘extremists’.
A spokesperson for Arran defended its actions but has vowed to carry out more attacks.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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