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Spanish Tourist Office says over-tourism protests have been ‘heavily inflated’ by UK media

A Spanish tourism authority has disputed claims that anti-tourist protests in the country are “dangerous”, and insists that there is “no threat or danger” to Brits holidaying in Spain.






A Spanish tourism authority has disputed claims that anti-tourist protests in the country are “dangerous”, and insists that there is “no threat or danger” to Brits holidaying in Spain.

Earlier this month, holiday rental companies in Palma reported that tourists from the UK are cancelling their summer breaks to Mallorca in light of negative media coverage of demonstrations in Barcelona, Mallorca and Menorca.

Protesters in their thousands have marched through streets in Palma de Mallorca holding anti-tourist signs and in July Barcelona residents squirted diners in tourist areas with water during a protest against mass tourism.

However, the Spanish Tourist Office told... More from The Independent


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Spanish Tourist Office says over-tourism protests have been ‘heavily inflated’ by UK media

A Spanish tourism authority has disputed claims that anti-tourist protests in the country are “dangerous”, and insists that there is “no threat or danger” to Brits holidaying in Spain.






A Spanish tourism authority has disputed claims that anti-tourist protests in the country are “dangerous”, and insists that there is “no threat or danger” to Brits holidaying in Spain.

Earlier this month, holiday rental companies in Palma reported that tourists from the UK are cancelling their summer breaks to Mallorca in light of negative media coverage of demonstrations in Barcelona, Mallorca and Menorca.

Protesters in their thousands have marched through streets in Palma de Mallorca holding anti-tourist signs and in July Barcelona residents squirted diners in tourist areas with water during a protest against mass tourism.

However, the Spanish Tourist Office told... More from The Independent


 



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