16 h. ago Spanish island's tourist fury as top boss insists 'only 4 streets are overcrowded'

Despite a year of calls to curb over tourism, a senior hotel boss has controversially claimed the popular island of Majorca isn't actually saturated with holidaymakers

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1 week ago The picture postcard villages tormented by tourists: How overcrowded streets, clogged roads and coach parties peering through windows are shattering tranquility of Britain's prettiest places to live

Families and businesses across the UK's tourists hotspots say they have reached breaking point over the mass influx of tourists bringing chaos to their doorsteps time and time again.

Society

3 w. ago Panic on Spanish island as tourist bookings slump for first time in a year

Amid escalating anti-tourist sentiment, planned protests, and bad weather, bookings to some of the most popular Spanish islands appear to have slumped - new data has revealed

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3 w. ago Spanish island's busiest tourist beaches revealed by locals who avoid them

The locals of this popular Balearic island have been driven to avoid four of the region's major beaches as a direct result of overtourism, according to a new study

Society

3 w. ago Spanish islands loved by Brits to spike tourist tax for one type of traveller

In what would be a huge blow for Brits, the insatiably popular Balearic Islands are mulling over a new tourist tax rule that would heavily penalise one specific type of traveller

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4 w. ago Brits face new tourist taxes and rental car charges on Spanish holiday islands as officials say they have 'reached their limit'

The hike in tourist taxes comes after a summer of discontent last year in which thousands of locals marched in Palma during two large demos to protest at the effects of mass tourism.

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