Magaluf Locals Protest Against British Tourists
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2024
- Travel expert Simon Calder says there is a tide of uprising against tourism across Europe. With protests in the Canary Islands, tourist taxes in Venice and demands for better behaviour from British tourists in party places like Magaluf.
The conversation also touched on the fluctuating nature of the travel industry and the importance of considering the ethical implications of tourism., and that where some destinations were already looking at cutting prices to tempt back in, other areas may follow too.
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The Spanish want their country back, yeah, we know that feeling here in the UK.
True 👍💪
Is white tourists aswell that act crazy in Europe, is not the people of coulors
no we don't know that feeling here in the UK because we have our country. Nobody has changed the landscape of our country you middle englander buffoon. It sounds like you've never even traveled. This situation in Spain is very different to your disgusting xenophobia and racism.
Get out of Spain, your kind aint needed
But we're temporary as in 7 maybe 10 perhaps 14 nights/days wheras the people that come to the UK want to stay permanently with all yhe benefits attached also we actually spend money rather than just taking
Even brits abroad get fed up with certain brits abroad, they give us a bad name..
I agree with that! I was a travel rep on Crete for 5 years!
Don't even need to go abroad lol.
THAT'S THEIR TYPICAL BEHAVIOUR, WHERE EVER THEY GO.
ive written further up you will find it .
You've got that spot on Darren. I've been living in Spain since 2005 and try to keep as far away from the British as possible.
Just because you go on holiday, doesn't mean you have to get drunk and make a fool of yourself .
Have you ever been to Magaluf ? It's basically an 18-30s destination and the cheaper version of Ibiza . However I agree with you because I myself am a non drinker which is why I avoid destinations like this at my age . The locals knew exactly what they where doing and it was highly encouraged as I did in my 20s go to Magaluf. Back in the early 2000s it was £2 for half a pint of vodka with red bull ! But now they complain? Double standards if you ask me .
@@matthewjbellamy1 In my opinion, the people of Magaluf did not know the Brits would overdo it to that extent. No other national groups misbehaves on that scale. Of course, each nation has individuals who misbehave, but not in the ratio the Brits do.
Yes it does!
@@annepoitrineau5650 We maybe they should of had a look in the history books . I mean even our establishment carry on like yobs during a pandemic. The reason our citizens act out on holiday is because of the relentless day to day stress of life here in this capitalist society. The Americans are the same but they never leave America. When a society expects like ours then when young adults get a break they go nuts . After all if you going to sell alcohol on the scale I mentioned before then what did they expect? They also have 24 hour bars unlike say Greece or Turkey . The place is set up like a massive party so that's what they got . So if they want to tone it down then they need to take measures to do so .
Tell that to a English person😂😂
Can't say I blame them. I'm English. I wouldn't want to holiday with the Lager louts
Teen holidays and stag/hen dos kind of ruined it for people and I guess then it was people retiring there or wanting a calmer life near the ocean.
True, but the Skiing Hooray Henry's and Champagne yobs are just as bad if not worse and so are the German, Dutch, Scandinavian and Italian drunken yobs too.
Complete lie it is only British who act badly abroad.
No one would unless they were under 30.
Try Pattaya Thailand. What a place! Trash of the world stops there!
My son surprised me, he's just got back from Turkey but said he's never going back again, not because of the Turkish people who he said were wonderful and welcoming but because of the especially British who were loud, drunk and threw their rubbish everywhere. He and his mates were embarrassed by their behaviour which they said was disgraceful.
Well in Italy there are not many British but we provide rubbish on the street service by ourselves
My ex Spanish girlfriend said exactly the same.
At least you know your child isn’t one of those layabout kids. 🖐🏼
@@jessieb7290 And I don't think most are, it's just minority who ruin it for everyone else and not just youngsters. I've seen middle-aged British men acting in a immature manner in several places around the world and you just want to bury your head in your hands thinking God I don't think we are all like that but they do.
I'm not going back to the tourist places in turkey because it's just a tourist trap.And it's one of the worst tourist traps I've ever experienced. Never again Alanya, Antalya ect. Every single house is a hotel. You're kot visiting turkey really you might as well be in Disneyland.
At least we go back home after 14 days and don't stay.
There is a blight of British immigrants in Europe. They're as bad as asylum seekers.
Still you aren’t welcome, go to Blackpool or Hastings instead.
@@MA-xw7uxwho the fuck are you to tell anybody where to go on holiday?🖕🤡
@@MA-xw7ux British "expats" are a major problem
Oh don't worry we will & I hope your economy tanks as a result.@@MA-xw7ux
I live in Spain in the Costa del Sol, the truth is they do want tourists, they dont want the drunken Lager louts throwing up in the streets and causing problems for the Police. We have the same problems here in Marbella. It really gives us Brits a bad name. It's the class of clientèle as Simon says that Spain is trying to attract. Spain and its Islands are very welcoming. Happy holidays
What’s wrong with wanting less budget tourists and more with plenty of money to spend. It does make a lot of sense, especially if tourists can’t behave themselves.
We just want the tourists who can behave themselves. It's appalling in July and August. The Spanish Police think all the Brits are like that. It's a disgrace. Come to Spain, have a good time but please behave
Hotels could always block bookings from groups of young men / women and only from families or older generations- better behaved personnel!😅
Totally agree - am sick of British yobs spoiling everything with awful behaviour.
@@ruthcollins2841 Ah, but then the "Labour Chavs" (as Spanish waiters call bad Brits)...will then claim 'discrimination'...which is caused by their own behaviour.
So essentially the same narcissism as BLM and Islam again.
It’s all about respect. You don’t go to someone’s home you don’t know and get drunk, rowdy and obnoxious. Don’t do it to someone else’s country!
but thats what fuels their economy.
@@happyapple4269 , they can fuel it with a higher class of tourist spending more money. Other tourist destinations manage to achieve this.
@@lks6248 that transition wouldnt happen overnight though, can't expect Magaluf to be regarded as Monaco by those with that type of spending ability
@@lks6248 good luck with that. These type of tourists do not exist in mass and would not ever set foot on that island regardless. Fact
Agree - but then why do they keep building the bars and clubs and advertising to that demographic??
Built for tourism, anti tourist,what can possibly go wrong
It's lies from the media
The quality of Global Britain tourists matse,are you thick?
Tourism in British edition too often means binge drinking and vomiting into swimming pools. I'm not saying that all population act like this but there's certainly very large group which does.
@@farallimacha Well said
Anti low class brit tourism. Learn how to conduct yourselves THEN travel abroad.
Don’t waste your money going to somewhere they hate you
I don't see the point in going abroad now, just book a sunbed if you must and you could be in any country.
Did you see the road rage incident in Majorca with the Brits?
Want out money though, without us brits they would go under with all the buissness
We're hated on home soil too
@@user-wi2sg3lw6m you wish hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
The way the young Brits behave, it’s no wonder!!!!!!!
Older ones are just as bad
What utter bollocks ! The locals created the piss head cult themselves & a tourist from anywhere can behave like a prick.
@@fintonmainz7845 Absolutely true. My first time visiting Budapest I had a group of grown Englishmen, with ages between 35 and 50, that were clearly drunk in the plane and causing trouble even before we had taken off from Stansted. And this was at 11 in the morning!
Funny that. I've seen drunk tourists from the Netherlands, Germany and plenty of other countries. If you build your resorts to accommodate this and take the money, what do you expect?
@@marisaera2353 nobody behaves as bad as the brits
Its a shame that so many of our people behave in such a way that we are then seen as unwelcome in places.
Maybe they should just immediately deport anyone found to be drunk or breaching the peace in these areas, and ban them from returning. Maybe people need to sign an agreement that the above is ok before they are allowed in.
Then they might behave better.
Who can blame them, who wants to clean up sick every day
Are you suggesting that they have not in any way encouraged this trade?
Well people have seen brown logs and smelt golden rain..which is worse than carrots and stuff..
Definitely there is more to this than meets the eye 🇮🇪
The locals aren't saying this at all, that's why they don't speak to protesters, they are protesting against the government, that's from the protesters mouths
It’s symptomatic of what we’re ALL facing but they’re choosing to direct their anger at US instead of their governments and mass legal and illegal immigration from elsewhere.
Couldn't agree more.
What do you mean by that? I haven’t really been following the story, l’m a bit out of the loop on this one.
@@lolalouise9503It's just more anti British bollox with the EU still crying over Brexit.😅
We have to go abroad because hotels in the uk are full
Let me guess....
That's not true its just cheaper to go away..
@@georgeleech7135 wake up and smell the coffee
boohoo trevor, and whos fault is that??
... Or you probably can't afford them!!
It had to happen - the promiscuous displays from wild UK (mainly young) tourists have gone too far and the Spanish locals have decided to stop it. They want decency back - its good.
the spanish want their country back.
The problem is, is that they advertise it as such in order to get tourists there. That's called having your cake, and eating it, too.
Yes, I agree - Every foreign and home based holiday our family used to take, was spoiled by the embarrassing behaviour of Brits, shouting, drunkenness, leaving bottles and cans all over the streets, inappropriate dress, and similar disgustingness on the plane journeys. All the Europeans we met behaved with respect, by contrast. We subsequently gave up on holidays altogether.
@@user-nf4zh2vj5e They've not lost it but they either have tourism & what comes with it or no money when they don't. How much of an income does Spain get from tourism ? A record 10934.00 EUR Million in August of 2023
I have never seen a Spanish teenager or older person drunk
Afraid it's a very British thing a father encourages his son to get drunk as a initiation to adult hood.
Hope with the youngsters of today they have more self control and politeness.
Stop interrupting when Simon is trying to answer your questions, let the expert respond!
Exactly!!!
Yep
Yes he is a belligerent bar steward
I thought exactly the same 👍🏻
I thought same 🤨
We haven't been abroad for 8 years now - we prefer to spend our money supporting Britain's tourist industry. The thought of the ghastly airport experience brings me out in a cold sweat of dread! No more airports for us!
And millions of people prefer to see the history of other countries Also the prices ok uk are crazy
You'll never know what you're missing. Obviously, living in UK, a lot 😢
@@julielawlor5482 Who rattled your cage? Did I suggest anyone shouldn't travel? - I merely stated my feelings re-airports & what we consider best for us.
We haven't been abroad for 15 years, travelled all over mainland Spain, Balerics, Turkey, Greek Islands, Canary Islands, Sharm, Bulgaria, Goa, Cuba, Dominican Republic , New York . Loved many of these holidays for the past 14 years now Children grown up bought a touring caravan enjoyed visiting our own beautiful country in what is our twilight years
@@gillianevans9619 Yes - we've travelled abroad widely up until 8 years ago. we haven't got a caravan but go away for short breaks several times a year taking our dog with us. The airport experience has become so miserable that it ruins the whole experience of going on holiday - for us anyway.
Just accept it, some British guys don't behave well after drinking beer. They are always one fight or argue involving British tourist mainly in Thailand.
I'm surprised, l didn't think they would put up with that kind of behaviour there
I’ve lived in Thailand 25 years. Sure some Brits get too drunk and get into fights but on the whole there are less of this situations than you find in Spain etc. And it’s not uniquely Brits it’s pretty evenly matched by young lads of every nationality in Thailand these days it’s actually mostly Indians and Russians.
I think "some" is an understatement LOL
@@boranbkk4270Agreed. Unfortunately, though Brits are most well known for hooliganism wherever they go.
You want to see how the Russians behave in Egypt. There’s a deal between their governments .
No hotels in the UK open to holidaymakers so people go abroad to be treated like cash cows....I'm staying at home....
good tell ur friends to stay home aswell.
Here on the Isle of Wight tourists are treated like cash cows and us locals are treated the same with the inflated tourist price
If you are a pisshead f wit best stay at home
@@user-nf4zh2vj5eWhy don't you get a job you bigoted racist saddo.
@@eyesopen7946And more !!😊😊
I live in southern Spain and I am really sad to say that the Brits abroad are extremely unruly and we British locals are so ashamed. Not only the young single people. Even some young family parents are disgusting. We have even seen older people on golfing trips acting ignorantly and entitled. So sad and I don’t condemn the locals for demonstrating
Simple as that.
They want tourists and not kinda criminals.
These people don't understand.
Even decent brits, don't want these people
Spain. Over 50’s years of mass tourism & this is the tipping point.
Other countries should take note of this, they themselves may see similar scenarios in the coming decades.
Turned to shyte when Franco died in 75.
He has listed all the muslim countries, won't catch us going to any of them
Great news for the Muslim countries
@@Evemeister12 Good they can go back to them then
who is this 'us'? I've been to many muslim countries. Many lovely countries in the middle east and north africa. who do you think you're speaking for? daily mail readers?
@@biegebythesea6775 l was speaking about my family
@@biegebythesea6775 yeah, all that lovely repression of women and cruelty to animals! 🤣🤡
Pure, unadulterated greed is destroying Spanish resorts. So many were once places of outstanding natural beauty, but this has been destroyed by vastly excessive tourist development. A wise nation would have settled for far less tourism, with a better quality of tourist paying a higher price for a holiday worth taking.
People don't like the culture we export to other countries. Get over it.
😂
Surely being so rude & obnoxious is not British culture!!!
@@alidabotes6264Correct, It's Chav Culture. There is a reason we call it a Sub Class.
Seems like massive price hikes coming. Etias and tourist taxes coming. We mainly live on an island in the canaries. Protesters are more concerned about the governments not investing in the community with things like social housing etc.
The main problem for the Spanish islands id that because of foreigners buying up property there, the house prices have now gone above what the average spanish worker can afford considering what they are able to earn. This is driving many of the locals out of the property market and the areas the workers need to live in. Much the same has happened here in Cornwall for example. The protests are mainly to do with the way their government has handled this situation and not that they want to block british tourists from going there. This is just the perception that our mainstream media is pushing. You have to ask yourself why? What is the real reason that we, the British, being persuaded (lied to) into staying away!
THE UK IS GETTING MORE AND MORE, EXPENSIVE, AS WELL. PEOPLE ARE NOW, STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN THE UK.
Because of Brexit or something else?
Horseshit. Most people here are absolutely fine
@@michihofer587Possibly if it were not for the fact the Eurozone inflation rate was 2.4% whilst the UK was 2.3%.
What the royal disrespectful family doing about it since the lie being told they bring in money for tourism then there should be no problem over there
The thousands of illegal immigrants in Britain aren’t struggling! They are sitting pretty whilst the poor tax paying public (who are struggling)…are paying for this abomination!! France has been paid millions by Our useless government to police their beaches but their Navy allegedly escort the illegals to our shores…and our government lets this happen! WHY?
I don’t blame those protesting against brit tourists. Why can’t we behave when we visit spain especially.
They encouraged it by offering all the cheap booze offers, clubbing deals, etc etc
@@Baron-Ortega "They asked for it" This is what you're going with? In the year 2024?
Not just Spanish, Cornwall hate tourism too, and other day i read Scotland are getting pissed off with campervans doing the NC500 route.
Always nice to see Simon Calder, would be great if he had his own show on travel.
This man was so Anti Brexit he can only find NEGATIVITY. The rest of us have grown up , Sorry.
Must like being led by dictators.😩
I was against Brexit ,and duds like you have affected my children's future by believing the insidious racist farage and the others, horrendous lack of common sense.and a touch of racism .
The haters brought about Brexit and a lot of them now regret that decision
@@stevejones2310 I agree ,but the racist and fascist put it out there ,that great Britain could do what we please as we did in our less than glorious past of looting and massacring other nations,and since Brexit the fascist and racist have gone really quiet , while most of the develope world scoffs at us now especially our nearest and the world's largest trading block Europe still can't believe what our lieing creatures like farage and mogg and others got many people to believe them and Brexit . Even now it's like a nightmare that will never go away .
@@stevejones2310 drivel.
As a Devon resident I know just how people feel in Magaluf. Our beaches, once beautiful, get spoiled by too many people who leave rubbish and filth behind. Any money they spend doesn't seem to help local people.
Unfortunately their bad behaviour is noted in our country
Just come back from there, felt very welcome, don't know what they are on about. Don't let these idiots put you off
Authentic Spanish food only should do the trick.
It isn't the best, even the Spanish themselves complain about the quality of the food.
As a polyglot dual national settled and happy in G B but also loving to travel I avoid areas popular with my fellow brits choosing instead to seek places where I can converse and mix with the local population People are so friendly when you address them without shouting in their own language
I think dual passports should be banned.
Yes indeed, they really appreciate you taking the trouble to learn the language, even if it's just a little to get by
I have been a dual national all my life my English father sorted that out I worked for 53 years in this country and I am still paying income tax I vote in elections and sincerely love this country as much as you do ❤️
@@TG-ts3xnWhy?
@@TG-ts3xn why? Are you jealous or something?
You will not be able to fly anywhere if the net zealots get their way.
Yes and these lies are part of it.
swap carbon credits my friend? they can kiss my you know what
or the brexit zealots.
@@user-nf4zh2vj5e My sister came back from Spain after living there for over 30 years. She hoped for brexit because she thought it might collapse the EU and stop the dogs dinner they were making of the country. Unfortunately it didn't and she came home. She has dual citizenship and speaks fluent Spanish. My younger sister had lived in Spain for around 15 years and she came back just after Brexit because there was no jobs for her teenage kids and no future for them. They are both in good well paid jobs here at home. Thanks Brexit.
@@bwilliams572 , Exactly, it is not a bed of roses, people go to Spain for the sun, the rest sucks.
That will explain the Hostility I experienced last week. On a birthday holiday with my daughter. My daughter found 15 curtain hooks placed under the bottom sheet in her bed, then I was screamed at because I walked through the restaurant. I complained to the hotel manager who was a Christian (wearing a cross) who Apologised. Giving us about £200 worth of freebies.
At airport on the way back I got Swapped for “powder “ I explained I don’t do drugs the woman said “ No, you were making B.o.m.b.s last night” they obviously didn’t find anything… so yes this shite is real !!! I would rather not say which island this was but it’s part Muslim part Christian.. before anybody starts calling me a Racist I have no issue with any peace loving religion. I have a massive problem with “demonic creatures” that seem to be running the show…
It was Cyprus?
@@joebloggs8292 yes. But I didn’t want to say because their are beautifully people on that island both muslin and Christian, and to be fair, I was around party poppers and fireworks . Perhaps that triggered something off at the AirPort ? But my clothes were fresh and I was clean , so I couldn’t understand how that would have been the issue ?.. the attitude of some of the staff at the airport wasn’t very friendly or am I too sensitive ? How did you know ?
What have you been smoking prior to making that post?
@@LC-yl3qw yes I understand you’re not implying anything about anybody. Well I am looking to move to Cyprus from the UK (although I haven’t been there yet), so I am currently absorbing all knowledge I can about the place. I knew it was Cyprus because the north is Turkish (Muslim) and the south is Greek. Which part of the island were you on? Are the people nice in general there?
@@Evemeister12
Im Gen X . I’ve smoked things in the past but not now. I drink alcohol about 5 times a year and that’s it. I get high from exercise . I’m guessing you smoke weed because hash isn’t strong enough ?!
I was in Lanzarote when these protests first started. Speaking to the holiday rep who had been a resident for 12 years, she said there is a lot of rubbish being thrown about by the UK media. The problem is the rise of air BnB’s, companies buying property to rent making it impossible for locals and migrant workers to get accommodation due to being priced out of the market. Sound familiar? The Lake district, Yorkshire dales/coast, Devon and Cornwall and many more have the same problem.
As a Scottish person, I have never felt unwelcome anywhere in Europe, including Spain and The Canaries. I did however feel like an alien in London, go figure.
I live in the South of England, I feel like an alien in London too lol. Its like a different universe
I want my country back too here in the UK
Who's taken it?
All started in the 90s with the larger louts! As a Brit, I am ashamed of how some sections of the British behave when they are guests in other countries.
I can see the Spanish point,nowhere for locals to live as villas etc bought up for holiday homes.
Same thing here in the UK...just that it's migrants chewing up our housing
Yea but its the Spanish that sell to them.
Most of the protests in the "Canaries Islands" are about is the lack of affordable rental properties for locals. This is because the local authorities have issued to many licences to convert residential properties into Air B&B's leaving next to nothing for the locals to live in. This is probably the same foe the "Balearic Islands", the locals are getting pushed out. Also it's the local Authorites who set the rules buy which pubs, clubs and bars operate in, so it's thier fault whth the things that are going wrong not the tourists.
The big problem is AIRBandB they are not licsenced. And take all the accommodatiom of local workers. Greedy landlords mainly spanish
British tourists behaving badly? Whatever next?
if they hate you go elsewhere to spend your dosh..
go to skeggy.
90% of world hate British people , The only place you can go is England itself and overseas colonial island
Or try behaving responsibly like thousand of other non-binge drinking Brits do when they go to Spain.
Yes go to an English resort and halt the collapse of the uk tourist trade.. they might start investing in infrastructure.. a bit of rain is lovely..and you don’t need to faff with confusing situations..
@@griswald7156 What a good idea. All cafes and shops shut at 5 o'clock; can't get a meal after eight or a cup of coffee anywhere after nine; the sea is 17 degrees even in summer and the bit of rain is usually torrential and lasts for six weeks at a time. Sounds lovely. On the plus side you can watch all the most welcome tourists ignoring the signs and feeding seagulls with chips and laugh as they swoop down and snatch ice creams off the kids. And to think that people actually want to go abroad on holiday.
The hotel / b&b owners could always block groups of young men / women booking rooms & keep it open for families and older people who usually are better behaved!🤔🤣🤣🤣
Indeed - no mention whatsoever of the irresponsible way that businesses are exploiting the situation and are happy to take money from the badly behaved.
Don’t go there then
Please 🙏
Library pictures of Bournemouth beach while talking about Magaluf?
We went to Portugal twice last year and it's half the price of Spain
Don't think so, I went to faro and Porto cova 5 times last year end Spain twice
@@michaelpenney3775 Translate?
People are much more friendly & welcoming in Portugal too!
Totally agree
We Portuguese are fed up too!
Simon calder recommends Albania as an alternative destination..if you want hot weather and sand try the following...Afghanistan..iran..iraq and the beautiful Gaza.
🤣🤣
Don't forget to pack your flag.
@@itk2493 and a parachute..Boeing aircraft should be grounded, i won't fly on boeing planes, they've always had doors blowing off! ..Calder is on the payroll saying they are ok, just another shill..
Menos turismo y más caro igual o mas ingresos y muchos menos problemas
I've heard Albania is nice.
Come to the UK free hotel free food free healthcare, All you need is a dinghy and you don’t even need to bring your passport!
Passports expired , Will never renew. I refuse to travel out of uk. Have no reason now to travel. Uk is a wonderful place to visit. Support your own country, only way to get uk back on track. Had two weeks in Scotland.. Fantastic.
As long as you didn’t say anything “hateful”.
The answer is simple: boycott Magaluf
Why? They're well within their rights to be pissed off, imagine if the roles were reversed.
They will be relieved.
@@turnip5359 It's a situation of their own making, and they cashed in big time. Now is the time to offer a higher quality product, the market is there for it.
I used a £99 spring deal to Magaluf, for a great base to explore a beautiful island. Just be up early wile most in the town are sleeping off hangovers, and be in bed before the late night carnage. Early is 08:00 to 23:00 🙂
No all of Spain let them see the economic effects when British don’t spend there pound🇬🇧
@@peterellis4982 Do not worry, if the loutish Brits are kept out (not all Brits are loutish), tourists from other countries will come back to Spain. I know I will.
That footage is Bournemouth beach - NOT Magaluf 😂
I thought that lol
Strange, I saw an interview with a Spanish person who said it wasn’t against tourists it’s about asylum seekers and property in short supply as air bnb’s taking work from hotels. Do better reporting.
Tenerife the balearics and Catalunya have had specific anti-tourism protests. Catalunya seems to love immigrants, though
@@charlytaylor1748 it is being reported as anti brits but more eu visitors than brits. They are also anti the big ships that drop 5 thousand ‘visitors’ in one day. Don’t forget, we are being discouraged from going abroad but can’t get booked into seaside hotels in the uk as filled with uninvited visitors that we are paying for. Whole of EU having the same problem whilst being told to take more.
@@bridiesmith5110On holiday in Venice, one of those huge things came up the Grand Canal and totally dwarfed San Marco's Piazza, it looked horrible and totally spoilt it They shouldn't be allowed in places like that, l can't imagine the Venetians like it
@@charliegirl3056 I have been to Venice and on the last day of our trip, a boat had offloaded and all the prices in restaurants and bars went up. I saw one in Sydney Harbour. The building opposite our hotel, looked like it had a 7 storey building added to it overnight.
A bit of research will reveal that most of the protests are towards the local government and the unfair housing availability for locals. It has got nothing to do with particularly British people as the problem. Some ex pats have posted some RUclips videos confirming this. Mind, the behaviour starts at the UK airport and many Brits are intoxicated before they're on the plane.
It’s not being reported right on British to. It’s basically overrun with tourists, meaning property and cost of living is high for anyone living there.
I would be disgusted if I saw anyone from our country misbehaving in that manner and I have seen it they have no respect for the local people or themselves
We have the same problem in Cornwall locals priced out
It is the same in Derbyshire, but any one will sell their house to the highest bidder including Cornish people.
I would not like anyone catering for me that didn't want me there, myself I'm of to Norway.
Im shocked Simon didn't mention Brexit!
they wana think there self lucky its us and not the beautiful 3rd world tourists we get, least we spend money and go home
I live in Corfu. The island lives for tourism. But we are being swamped. I look forward to winter every year. Just to have the roads free of confusion and accidents, and beaches free of umbrellas and sun loungers. This is of course, selfish of me. But i dont rely on the huge amounts of cash brought to the island by tourism. Its a necessary evil.
Amazing, it's OK to be prejudiced against Brits who spend millions but don't dare say anything against those who come and take millions
In Canarias islands we have the same problem with Moroccans, honestly I rather British, Germans, Americans and Italian tourists than Moorish "refugees" which half of them are running from justice and jail from their countries
We pour billions into state schools and apparently what we get is individuals who cannot read, write - even in their own language - vomit, swear, brawl, pass out, then start the same (spin) cycle. Yep, that looks like a good investment.
Decent british tourists ( they are the majority) hate troublesome compatriots abroad who tarnish their reputation.
Simple answer, don't go.
I do not blame them.
I can understand it. I've seen video of Benidorm & it's ridiculous. The Brits are falling down drunk & often end up in their free hospital. They are very badly behaved.
dont go.. When the money dries up they'll be begging for Brits to return.
No f..king chance.
It's because they behave like hooligans boozed up and on sniff causing chaos
I’m in Parma Nova at the moment. There is no sign of this rubbish report
There won't be, it's all media sensationalism yet again! Trying ti make a story when there isn't one. Been going to that island for over 40 years, never had an issue and I don't expect one when I return in September.
Never quite understood the need to travel to a foreign country just to get drunk and cause trouble. I'm sure regular sensible travellers would welcome the local police being harsher with those who bring shame to our country.
Never seen Brits causing much hassle but last year in Mallorca eight Dutch men threatened to wreck a restaurant because the staff refused to serve them because they were drunk, police were called and there was a running battle in the street..
This is "click bait" Propaganda. The concerns are not confined to British Tourists but to those who buy up properties at prices that Locals can't afford. Spain should act if it wants tourism that it relies on by preventing foreigners from buying- up housing for Holidays only or Profit There are more than enough Hotels and Lodging houses to cope with Tourists- if the Hotels are full- tough, book earlier or go somewhere else. The Locals are right to complain and is not in any way anti-British Tourist.
These areas seem to receive a lot of Germans & French!🤷♀️
Agree with you ,I think the Spanish goverment don't care about the locals just the money from tourism. I don't condone this behaviour but with 17m Brits visiting every year the ratio of undesirables is bound to be higher
Benidorm is full of English bars its the new uk but with hot weather no thanks
Why are they showing footage of Bournemouth?
For the main part, the protests relate to shortage of housing for local people because of the expanse of Airbnb's. The same is happening in the UK. It's up to the governments and local authorities to ban further expansion of buy to lets for holiday purposes.
As an Aussie travelling in Turkey, I could not believe how many Brits (and Russians!) were in the southern resorts. I even found a couple of English pubs - with truly dreadful pies and chips, etc. 😅
It’s no surprise. Scotland & England officially claim the top two spots in the whole of Europe for seeing the least amount of sunshine hours annually on average.
If, you lived there you would want to go to a sunny destination. By April in particular after a long dark Winter, you’re practically craving feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin!
It’s only certain kinds of people who act like this. If you go to Ascot races, a posh event, you get coachloads of rowdy drunken northerners pile out, who take over the Silver Ring (not the Grandstand of course) and throw up over themselves, and that’s just the women. I’ve seen it with my own eyes, one guy walked up to me, grabbed my hand and pretended to kiss it then said ‘I can smell your pussy’ before waving his fingers in my face then sniffing them. Charming. Another tried to bully me into letting him push in front at the bar and threatened to punch me when I didn’t. 6ft bloke versus 5ft woman. In broad daylight in a bar. I could sense how many eyes were watching ready to step in but even so, behaviour like that is disgusting. And it’s always the same kinds of people. Thuggish northerners or Londoners with tattoos and names like Liam. Showing off in front of their thuggish mates. They shouldn’t be allowed anywhere let alone Ascot races.
Brits are better behaved than Russians
@VoiceOfThe My grandparents migrated from Lancaster to Australia in the early 1900s. My grandma told me she could count on one hand the number of sunny days in every year she lived in England. 😁 And it was overcast and/or raining every day of the few weeks I was there in "Summer".
@@1949Matilda
It’s true. I’m a Brit, endured it for 47 years before circumstances aligned & I could make my escape.
Living in a sunny climate is a total game-changer for your general day-to-day well-being.
It’s life-changing.
Try living in Cornwall during the summer x
If you speak 3 languages you are tri-lingual. If you speak 2 languages you are bi-lingual. If you speak 1 language you are English. Brits adopting local culture and language? Don't make me laugh. We Brits transported our culture and traditions to the Balearic Islands, don't learn the local language. Have our own shops.
There's parts of the Costa Del Sol, where British immigrants can't even speak passable Spanish after a decade of residency. We don't integrate into local culture. Push up house prices for the locals. Bloody Hell, I sound like Farage.
I don't understand the commotion that has been created over harmless water guns and not only as advertised in this video against British tourists, but also German, French and even Spanish ones, I suppose there will be vested interests. In my opinion, it is much more serious for a country or region to launch a campaign against tourism. Doesn't anyone remember that in March 2023, Amsterdam launched the "Stay Away" campaign to discourage young Britons from coming to the capital to cause chaos at their stag parties? The campaign used ads targeting anyone who searched Google for terms like "cheap hotel in Amsterdam" or "pub crawl in Amsterdam," warning potential travelers of the possibility of being arrested, fined, or ending up in hospital if they went out on a night out. with drugs it goes wrong.
They need to crack down on companies delivering 18/30s?
Then they need to stop bars and clubs ramming drink down our throats?
Fully agree you go to another country to see a different culture not simply getting drunk to have a good time
LOL "clubs ramming drink down our throats" LOOOO
This is the old angry people channel!
Now imagine if you had a digital ID that could be programmed to ensure that people that missbehave are not allowed to return to that country or any other for that matter...
I stay in Fuerteventura the main issue is foreigners buying holiday homes and only using them a month a year, the apartments that were available for long term rentals are €700/month for a one bed now they are being let to tourist's for €350/week pricing the locals out of the market. I am resident here but there are thousands of properties bought for investment and are lying empty most of the year.
If those people are not staying and not renting out to residents they should pay a monthly tax on empty properties.
It’s because we don’t know how to behave
Speak for yourself!
I still don't know why people are bothering to go to these places.
Sunshine and warmth.
Magaloof is a very very small corner of a very large island .its also one of the best beaches .The problem is the cheapest holidayets spend the most in the bars and clubs
Look at how crowded those baches are!!! How awful, I live opposite the beach here in Australia, I would freak out if it looked like any of those beaches!!
Don’t want us there you don’t get our cash . Let’s see how Spain gets on without the British £. I’ll spend elsewhere .
That kind of British tourist that causes trouble doen't even spend that much money, so...
I'd be more likely to go if they kept thedrunken louts out. This is not an us vs them thing. This is drunken British yobs behaving disgracefully wherever they go. There is no defending their behaviour and telling Spain they should put up with it or we'll go elsewhere is arrogant and wrong. None of us would want these people for neighbours so why defend their appalling behaviour ?
Think they’ll do just fine … probably even save money by needing fewer police!
@@Jane-rc2rk 🙄 do some research and see how much the Spanish economy relies on British tourism
@@georgezee5173 what kind of tourist ?? They mean all British FFS. 🤦
So you think you’re not included in this because you feel you’re a class above 😂😂😂
Cornwall it is this year …….
Enjoy your unemployment
LOL
and the weather is also better in Cornwall.
This is why we are going to Italy for the first time. If we are not wanted don’t go.
Time to take our tourist pounds (millions of them) elsewhere.
Then see how their hotels, shops, restaurants etc get on.
Unemployment is bad now, it will only get worse.
Mugaluf.,,,,When the covid epidemic was raging all of the traditional Euro holiday resorts were on their knees begging Brits to return to Spanish beaches. Same with Italy, Greece and France...."we are starving..Papa has to sell his prize donkey so we can eat" Typical Euro rhetoric at that time.
Carbon footprint Calder!
Ah, Simon …. my long standing, no nonsense, totally trustable and reliable travel guy.
…. advice always well worth listening to. Hope you’re well fella.
It’s a similar situation in the Uk in Lake District, Cornwall and Devon -local people can’t afford to live there due to second homes, airbnbs etc, and are being forced out, so it’s understandable why people in Europe are also getting fed up. I think people who promote tourism needs to take more responsibility and realise what us someone’s 2 week pleasure causes others considerable pain.
that’s bournemouth back