Now Spaniards accuse Brits of being tourist TERRORISTS as Magaluf and Ibiza slash the number of beds rented out to UK holidaymakers
Graffiti and banners have been displayed telling tourists 'go home' and 'you are not welcome'
BRITISH tourists have been branded 'terrorists' by furious Spaniards as holiday hotspots Mallorca and Ibiza prepare to cap the number of rooms available to visitors.
The Balearic Islands government are set to bring in a new law limiting the number of tourist beds to 623,624 and have pledged to cut the figure to just 500,000 over the next few years.
British groups have been accused of overrunning popular resorts with their boozy behaviour as heated protests call on tourists to "go home".
Graffiti has been strewn across resorts such as Palma and Magaluf calling tourists 'terrorists' and saying 'you are not welcome'.
Meanwhile, similar protests have been taking place in Barcelona, where locals say an explosion in tourism has seen residents priced out of their city.
Graffiti and banners reading 'Tourist: Your luxury trip, my daily misery' and 'We don't want tourists in our buildings... this is not a beach resort' have been displayed across the city.
Spain has seen a huge boom in tourism in the last couple of years in the wake of ISIS attacks in north African holiday resorts.
Politicians have been quick to condemn protesters amid fears holidaymakers are being scared off booking in Spain.
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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called the left-wing activists "crazy extremists".
Rafael Gallego, chair of the Spanish Association of Travel Agents (Feaav), branded the protesters "fascists" and said their actions could get worse.
He said: “This tourismphobia has been worrying us since last summer. In 2016 we noted graffiti and there was an aggression with a glass against tourists who were on an excursion, so we alerted that the situation could radicalise, which is what we have seen.
“Now there are protests in the entrances of hotels, restaurants and in ports.
“They call themselves left-wing but they are more fascist than the far right. We are very worried that they might cause a serious incident with our visitors at any day.”
Mr Gallego defended the tourist industry, saying: “It is the sector which has recovered the greatest numbers of jobs since the crisis."
This summer four hooded activists from a radical group called Arran attacked a tourist bus in Barcelona, slashing tyres and spraying slogans across it.
Others have thrown eggs at hotels, and there have been demonstrations around the city’s famous Sagrada Familia basilica.
In Palma, Majorca, they set off smoke flares outside a seafront restaurant, while in Bilbao, northern Spain, another group sprayed paint across the headquarters of the Basque Country tourist board on Wednesday.
The groups claim tourism is destroying Spanish cities, driving up rent and forcing out young people.
Tourism makes up 12 percent of Spain's economy, and visitors to the country jumped 12 percent in the first half of 2017 to 36.4 million.
Of the protests in Spain, a spokesman for the Foreign Office said: “We are aware and monitoring the situation. We are also in contact with the local authorities. There is no specific update to our travel guidance but we keep it under constant review.”
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