Spain update - F*** Off Tourists. Go Home. Not Wanted?
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- Spain update and the anti-tourist campaigners are back and nasty signs are popping up in tourist hotspots telling people to F*** Off. But is this a general or minority sentiment?
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Let’s see how the refugees contribute to Spains economy when there’s no tourists
Give them jobs, they’ll contribute.
@@catherinemori4496 You have to give them somewhere to live first and then feed them all. Good Luck. 👍
@@rubberyowen1469 It is something we have to do for the sake of justice.
@@catherinemori4496Justice for what..? Hope you don't bump into one of these people on a lonely street at night.....
It’s a fkn joke!! Literally
The government is a bloody joke!! Spain is fkd already unfortunately😢 Let the refugees build it up!! Make them work hard like the rest of us just to be able to survive!!
Spain is quite welcome to all the refugees living in the UK
Tourists spend lots of money keeping millions of Spanish in work , Refugees will drain all your resources , be careful what you wish for
yeah, lets send them there...just say the word Spain you will truly regret that
Plenty of hotels to put them in for free 😂
They are also welcome to receive all the refugees living in Denmark.
Refugees cost a lot of tax payers money to keep , The UK spends billions on hotels, food, transport, healthcare
All countries in Europe are sick of forced illegal immigration not holiday makers.
That is not true. Ask the people who live in Amsterdam Venice Rome and coastal towns in Spain and yes the Brits have a bad reputation in some of these places. Brexit did not help for sure either. People just do not like a 2 faced visitor. Locals are sick of those tourists. They are pushed out of the housing market and get sick of rolling suitcases 24/7. What the hell is complaining to local politicians going to do? Nothing. Most of them do not speak English even. Don't waste your time there as a foreigner. We do not live in the British empire anymore where you are taken serious as a foreign visitor without a right to vote. Just go where you are welcomed more. In general those places are not the same as where the Brits go in big hordes.
unless you're a left-wing radical. it's kinda like the upside-down world 🙂
@@qeitkas594What does a tourist from the UK have in common with Brexit. Stop whining and grow a pair.
I must correct you.
The majority of Spain is not sick of tourists...but Barcelona, trying to pass more laws to disturb people, while giving squatting courses. (Check the news, its not a joke).
Also, beware in Barcelona. Some years ago some "importes guests" killed an asian man to steal his clock/watch...and the gov of Barcelona proeected them. (Again, dont trust me blindly, check the news)
I must correct you.
The majority of Spain is not sick of tourists...but Barcelona, trying to pass more laws to disturb people, while giving squatting courses. (Check the news, its not a joke).
Also, beware in Barcelona. Some years ago some "importes guests" killed an asian man to steal his clock/watch...and the gov of Barcelona proeected them. (Again, dont trust me blindly, check the news)
We have the same problem in Scotland where the English aren't welcome but refugees and especially Muslims are very much welcome. This is a leftist thing.
Yes, it's a particular type of nursed resentment. Oddly many are highly pampered and frequently little better than grifters.
Hope you’re joking @enochpowell27
Sadly I'm not joking@@magimac9979 but to be more specific it's the SNP and their supporters who are vehemently anti-English. The SNP government make no secret of the fact.
That`s why I`ve never been to Scotland. Scots mix with us ok in England. No problem down here.
Most English are welcome up here , unless your a know it all Londoner 😅 I know we have the SNP bravehearts but most of us are quite friendly 😊
I have only ever found the Spanish people in Andalusia to be very friendly, helpful and welcoming! We always try to speak a little bit of Spanish and think it is appreciated. We never forget we are guests in THEIR country! Attitude is everything.
Nicely said. Thank you.
Very true.
@ newsmonger77
Tell that to the unwanted guests arriving on UK south coast.
I have lived in Malaga for the past 35 years wish I had a euro for every time I’m called a capitalists
Its a smear campaign dont worry, anything to target us Brits right now... Spain prefers people who pay rather than free-loaders and then try to convert them to islam...
Very well said and i totally agree. Specially if you move in to live you have to try to assimalte a bit and respect the locals.
Well said on calling out the gutter press from here in the UK.
This is utter 💩💩.
We live in Spain and have never felt the Spanish don’t won’t us, in fact it’s totally the opposite, we have been made very welcome everywhere we go.
gracias Espana 👍🇪🇸
It woke lefties vitur signalling. "Go home tourists, refugees welcome". Then they get robbed or worse and it ain't by the tourists.
But a disaffected teenager did some graffiti, so...
its woke reporting stirring up trouble against the UK, anyone in Spain who truly thinks illegals would be far beneficial than those who pay and respect their country must be off their trolleys...
@@janviljoen9554, we are all different, some people can mix with Spanish people and a lot of British and Dutch cant mix with anyone.
An English lady came to Spain on holiday, after her holiday was finished she complained to the holiday company that there were too many Spaniards and it spoilt her holiday 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️.
@janviljoen9554the Dutch HAVE to learn English because no one else speaks Dutch 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Spain - tourists spend ' refugees dont.
I'm from here. Tourism is our biggest industry. Are people mad? We need tourism.
I'm from there too. Well, tourism brought the feminist bikini scheme when Franco and the Spanish women immediately went topless. It's mean but don't get the meaning.
nope, just vote Vox, no need to allow lefties to rob the Spanish people.
I'd stay away gladly if Spain took all our riff raff refugees!!
I would pledge to do the same, I would be happy to swap our migrants for UK tourists to not go to Spain and instead go to other holiday hotspots.
And riff raff tourists
If it wasn't for the BILLIONS of EUROS brought into Spanish holiday tourist areas the whole of Spain would go into worse recession, there was be mass unemployment, businesses would close down, hotels remain half empty and ppl would be putting signs up begging tourist to come back!
No problem if bars close early I can buy drink in the supermarket or eat earlier if this gives the service staff better quality of life. I hardly ever use pubs anyway what’s the problem? The brits voted brexshit so why do they expect different treatment to other 3rd countries? The north of Spain is too much like wales pissing down with rain south is better. I’ve been to Santander it’s wet wet wet might as well go to wales
@@markstill515 try giving up drink.
Your liver will thank you for it.
@@markstill515are Norway and Switzerland shit for not being in the EU?
@@Jessica-Jones732 No - but they have the sound, good sense to be in the Single Market - as we should be.
Spain isn’t just tourism
I have been to Spain including the islands for over 40 years from the UK. I have never felt unwelcome. The British press keep regurgitating old rumours without any care for facts.
The British press seem to have downer on Spain , nothing but negative stories ..and most of them are just that…stories !
Not rumours , is it ? My neighbour has just come back from Malaga , where they go every year , and was very upset to see posters saying “ Tourists Not welcome “ .
@@richardcole9558it’s the truth , as reported here ,the posters and billboards are for real , the loony lefties in Barcelona have been saying it for years
“ Refugees Welcome, Tourists Go Home “ .
I'm Spanish. No rumours. It's true
@@user-dq6nj1zv9h The people who set up those posters are only 4 left wing/snowflakes who tell crap to the tourist but not to the government, is just 4 stupid graffities these people are absolutely shame but there are only an small amount of people. Spaniards always welcome tourist cause Spaniards visit other countries too. Those people doesn't represent Spain. Its more a war created for mass media who only wants confrontation about us.
Well said Stewart 👏 the media talking a lot of crap as usual😡 viva Espana🇪🇸👍❤️
not spain anymore, its islamic again.
@@ianshaw5766what a very stupid thing to say. Why don't you ask Google about Benefits Abroad fraud? You'll see that British people on benefits move illegally to Spain while renting out their council flats illegally and live there with money given to them by the British government
They,ll soon start crying when they see all the bars and restaurants empty.😫
That is their plan.
Yeah and they become bankrupt !!
I I have never seen English people go to dinner at one in the morning!!, And th¡is would only be for restaurants,There will contineu to de optiones such as all kind of fast food, It was just a proposal from a minister that most likely will come to nothing, Why the British press is always wants to harm Spain?!, I can,t understsnd it,, And this does not affect pubs, discos, or places where alcohol drinks.....
In Spain there have always been bars and they will always continue to exist, because there is good food and good drink, something that does not happen in Great Britain.
When you discover that you are not the center of the world, you are going to be very disappointed.
All the cheap tacky AF ones, I don't think original Spanish restaurants will have a problem. Go to Spain and drink larger lmfao, have they never tasted the wines they have on offer, and it's usually cheaper.
"Brits to boycott Spain", and just who did they ask ?. Looks like someone is desperate to get a story in print !. No one will turn their back on Spain.
i will never holiday in the eu again
I am always surprised by the arrogance of the British, who believe that Spain is an unviable country if they do not go on vacation.
If you're assuming that all Brits are like this then you might wanna take a reality check. Plus, it's an attention-grabbing headline, sensationalism designed to get people to read the story.@@davidparvez4972
@@davidparvez4972🙄🤯😂
I'm more surprised that there are still people looking to newspapers to back-up a story.
Klaus Schwab wrote that graffiti. He’s trying to sow division. My Spanish friends want the illegal immigrants out. And they love the tourists. ❤
Spot on mate. We need to see through the control smokescreen. Of course the Spanish want tourism. Just trying to stop us travelling and take away our freedoms.
Here in the UK we have properties being bought up and turned into airbmbs, hmo's, expensive private rentals, it's not unique to Spain.
But it is wrong. People should not be losing their homes so that property owners can make even more money by letting to tourists. Legislation is needed everywhere to restrict this.
I was born and raised in Bath, which is a tourist city. The council seems to concentrate on tourism and the university. A lot of the jobs are low paid seasonal jobs and there is little in the way of job opportunities. The city attracts rich luvvies and commuters to London so the properties are horrendously expensive .Young people have to leave the city when they leave the parental home.
When I visited my mother in hospital about 10 years ago, a nurse told me that Bath was London prices at Cornish wages and her children left because they couldn't afford to live there.
There was a water shortage when I went to Sicily in 2002, leading to restrictions on water usage. This resulted in people not being allowed to have showers in their own homes, however hotels were exempt - presumably because of tourism. So if a local wanted to have a show, they had to book into a hotel.
Tourism has its place, but if it gets too powerful it can ruin the affected areas. Unfortunately Spain has suffered from the influx of tourists that are just interested in drinking and parties. Even though it brings in money, it must upset the locals.
I do have sympathies with the Spanish who are fed up of tourism. Having said that, I am thinking of going to Spain next year for a birdwatching holiday.
@@agnesbrown3117 Are you calling me a bot?
Changed it to hypocrite 😊
@@agnesbrown3117 I think that you have attitude problems.
@@catherinegrimes2308 that’s nice
Bit like us where we have nothing but students and student accommodation.
I wonder if Dani Drunko tells tourists to f off when they turn up in his pub..
You may bet he does no such thing ! Dani Drunko is happier than ever when they all get drunk (y el gana mas dinero )
I very much doubt that's his real name, but I really hope I'm wrong! 😂
@@harriettt9857 Dani Drunko ..... that cracked me up. 🤣🤣🤣.
I think Dani Drunko maybe a bit thick!
Property rentals,it’s not only Spanish people having problems with apartment rentals, many British people who have lived here 10 or 20 years on the coast are being told they rental contracts are not going to be renewed, the landlords are going for the very lucrative tourist market, what we pay per month the tourist pay per week in the peak season
Well, nobody ever denied that Spaniards are their own worst enemies.....Carry on!
As a Canadian who has come to Spain (the Costa del Sol ) for the first time ever, I am surprised to hear such ugly comments about tourists! We have been treated exceptionally well and feel very welcome where we are living for the winter. We are in a small condo, sorry Dani! Perhaps you would prefer that the millions of €s be pulled out of the Spanish economy! Your graffiti campaign is very school boy!
I live in costa blanca and it’s happening in benidorm . Brits and other Europeans being targeted by Spanish groups of thugs .
The brains behind those signs tell the people who would actually contribute something to the local economy to get lost, but are happy to encourage freeloaders with zero allegiance to the host country! Good luck with that, Genius 😉
Why would any Brit dare to criticise anyone on making wrong decisions concerning economy 😂
To be honest, I've never really felt welcome in the tourist hotspots of Spain. Most Spanish seem alright, but there is always the one who makes sure you know how he feels about tourists. I've never had that anywhere else and I've travelled far and wide in my time. That's why I usually drive none stop through Spain to Portugal. Lovely people the Portuguese.
Really you found one Person who didn't make you feel welcome that's really news isn't it Seriously people get a life.
@@brigitnunez6735 I have the impression reading comprehension isn't your strongest point. I suggest you read my comment again, slowly and maybe you'll understand what I'm saying.
😁
I’ve been to Spain 30 times in 40 years. I can count on one hand the amount of times Spanish bar staff have said gracias. Horrible country imho
I've always found the Greek people to be really warm and welcoming towards the British tourists.
GB News is correct to say that tourists like to eat and drink late.
The problem is that Spanish employers won't pay their staff properly...and they bully their staff into working late, sometimes for nothing, in return for being allowed to keep their jobs.
If employers are losing their staff...they are always complaining about lack of staff...they simply have to improve pay and conditions.
Badic economics.
But Diaz and Sanchez have agreed with Biden to take some/many of the illegal immigrants from the US border.
Sanchez explains this by saying he is trying to help employers in the Spanish hospitality industry... because he hopes they will staff the restaurants and bars. There you have it: for all Diaz's fine words the Spanish government is actively undermining the already underpaid Spanish workers.
And there, Stuart, is the real story: not some semi-digested guff about GB News
1 am, is the middle of the night!! IMHO
I agree with you. As a spaniard I have seen how all the laws promoted the houses to be concerted in tourist acommodation and people having to move out of their cities and neighborhoods, not able to find a place to live. AS you say, it's not the tourists that promoted that, it's the government. Spain is becoming a theme park. No real neighbourgs.
I moved to what they call the "España vaciada" to be able to buy a place and have real neighbourg life.
It was like this when I lived in Palma de Mallorca for a decade. Native Spaniards were being forced out of the centre because foreigners were buying properties in the Old Town and keeping them empty, just using them for airbnb summer lets. Sad. The government stopped allowing new tourist rental licences in Palma but the damage was done.
@@EmmaDivaOfficial We have foreigners (Chinese mostly) aggressively buying up houses in our neighborhoods in the suburbs outside of Seattle, Washington, USA. Housing prices have skyrocketed. I’ve seen some houses sit empty, some used as second homes by the purchasers, and many used as rentals. The foreign-owned house on our right side has had 9 renters in 10 years. All of them families, so better than short term rentals that tend to be loud partiers, but still disturbing to the flow of neighborhood life. On the left side of us we’ve had multiple foreign owners that don’t speak English, and we don’t speak Chinese. You stop getting to know your neighbors because it’s exhausting with the constant turnover of new people, and language barriers. This is going on everywhere. Most everyone is finding it difficult to afford the increase in the costs associated with home ownership like property taxes which have also skyrocketed.
There you go, a solution to the uk,s rwanda problem....spain want them all.
😂 British tourists never eat past 9pm, they want to drink which bars will gladly take their money
good luck with all the wealth refugees bring in to spain!!!!!!!!!
Great report Stu , that Dani Drunko sounds like the type of bar owner that would recommend Fosters as a great beer.
In Spain - Costa del Sol - at present. The problem will not be stupid graffiti but a lack of water. We had a bit last weekend but not nearly enough. Can't refill pools and have restrictions.
That's the only reason why we are not holidaying in Spain this summer due to the water issues. Was down there beginning of February and restrictions were happenning. Didn't want to add to the problem, plus whatever further restrictions they may put in going up to and through the summer months. Off to Italy instead.
Cath.. Costa del sol is full of coastal places where you can swim so no need to have a pool...lol... Tony cuenca
I dont own a pool so maybe im not aware but why cant you just fill it with slightly filtered salty ocean water? Why it needs to be drinking water in the pool? I dont get it.
@@jurgenkoks9142 Seawater corrodes pool pipes and purification systems due to the chemical reaction of sodium dissolved in the water with the metals in the pipes and filters.
@@davidparvez4972 thank yoooou. Guess we need to figure that one out to keep using pools in the future.
We had problems with AirB&B here in British Columbia. The provincial and local governments have introduced laws and regulations to ensure that these types of rentals don't increase. Like you said it's up to the government to control and regulate the proliferation of these types of rentals.
Homes used as second homes and AirB&B has become endemic everywhere across Europe and UK. Places near the coast, such as Lyme Regis, are virtually all second homes or tourist lets. It's very sad for local families and workers.
We are experiencing this as well in the suburbs of Seattle, Washington, USA. It’s completely changed the dynamics of our neighborhoods, and the cost of buying and maintaining a house. I don’t blame the people but the laws that serve profit over people. Life just doesn’t feel balanced anymore but chaotic in so many ways.
It's a shame. Here in England, we have the same problem ....(North Norfolk). With Londoners buying homes, houses in HISTORIC villages..... forcing out the locals....Closing down, pubs, shops ect. Because they come twice a year........
For history lovers Asturia has some amazing history. Especially Spanish history.
Beautiful part of Spain.I've been living there for 32 years and I wouldn't swap it for the world!! Not very sunny so the lager louts stay away.
would that be history about the last islamic conquest
@@ianshaw5766 it wasn't the last one. Ottoman Empire and Mughals for one along with Tamarlane etc. But yes the fascinating history of the Reconquest of Spain.
wow spanish history in spain...who would have thought that
@@josephberrie9550 it wasn’t called Spain when Asturias was a Kingdom. Some people might suggest your comment was sarcasm I call it being a……
I’ve been to Spain a few times but would never think of going back , other countries are much nicer‼️
Lets see how their economy goes with this one? We also have no clue who has scrawled it.
Working in tourism in Cornwall, would be finacial suicide if we turned tourists away.
Nailed it today Stu. BTW, the only reason to tune into GB News, is when Neil Oliver is on.
They forget that if it wasn’t for all the tourism we gave them they would be broke.
Im from Spain (Tenerife) and I dont mind tourist going to Spain unless they behave but like everywhere else. The only issue is that housing prices it´s very high for spanish resident who would like to buy a house.. Again its the politicians and goverment rules that is affecting everyones lifes, but i migrate to London to work for 6 years now so... Its not just tourist fault.
I'ts government faults anyway cause the islanders didn't vote for this happened.
Isn't tourist fault, the mess only applies to Pedro Sanchez. Probably all those people who wrote the graffiti they are the first in travelling to other countries so they sound ridiculous. PD Soy Canarion
Hello Cyprus, Greece , Portugal, Croatia and Malta 🙂
I remember 10+ years past, the locals of the quaint area of Barceloneta complained about the tourist.....in the end, the tourist money wins.
I don’t think it refers just to the British tourists - yes mass tourism is to blame. Social media, U Tube etc lovely areas are all being promoted by influencers encouraging people to visit from other countries - lots of Americans not just brits as they have been visiting Spain for years. We love Spain and I’m with the Spanish about buying apartments to let in areas which should be only for the locals - anyone can understand that. Perhaps the Spanish government should stop some air b&b in residential areas.
I have toured main land Spain many time's on both 4 and 2 wheels and never had anything but a welcome from locals.
Only negative was actually from a British expat (complete knob jockey).
My favourite current part of Spain is Tenerife away from main tourist area's always welcoming.
Give Spain what they want, that's why I holiday in the Caribbean, have done for decades.
Ironic as most journalists spend their time "lying" in the Sun !!
I agree with your comments about Asturias, the weather is a bit like Cornwall in the UK, when the sun is out “Glorious” but they do have a lot of rain and wind, the country side is fantastic also the food is delicious.
What a nasty attitude to have about guests who visit there!
Hi Stuart. Many thanks for these updates. We have a property on Costa Calida. Are you aware of any progress being made on the 90 day rule change? It’s gone very quiet since the French dropped their proposal to change theirs. It feels like it’s disappeared into a black hole with no progress updates at any stage from the Spanish government.
Thanks. None of this negative press will ever affect my love for Spain. Cheers.
Roger
Tourists go home? The very definition of tourists.
I was reading that in some areas Spanish people are no longer choosing to dance until dawn. Instead, they are going for a leisurely tapas lunch. Then a gin tonic or two before heading to a club at about 16.00. Leaving to go home and to bed at about 23.00. Tardeo. Alicante is one example.
On a different note, last year I spent months going to the hospital several times a week. When I asked the younger nurses what their plans for the weekend were. Those under about 30 said to go home and sleep. While those older than that were planning to dance the night away.
Well welcome to the UK, this is what happened here when we had mass immigration inflicted on us, homes that were once family homes are now houses of multiple occupancy, we have a housing shortage but immigration levels of a small city every three to five years, lets face it the EU is destroying Europe.
No tourists no money for the country
The north of Spain is more industrial and tourism is specialized in rural tourism, hiking, horseback riding, nature... It would be a horror if hordes of drunk British people appeared on the green beaches of northern Spain, the people of that area are rougher than those of the Mediterranean and conflicts would break out very quickly. A Benidorm in Asturias? horror!
We eat at our time even though we live here.
Breakfast 9am lunch 1pm and about 7.30 to 8pm for supper xx
We spent some time around San Sabastian and it’s hot very humid and crowded there during the summer and early fall .
If it wasn’t for the tourists they would be on their ass. 🇬🇧
Tourist resentment is a thing with people all over the world, in these destination hotspots. In the US, some people in the beaches communities have the same sentiment. With their stickers on their cars that say “locals only” and “townies go home”. “Townies” refers to people that live in town, and not at the beaches. And for the record, I’m an American and when I come to Spain, technically, I’m not a tourist. With my conquistador blood, I’m just back home after being away on mission… conquering abroad. 😁👊💀
Been going to Spain regularly for 24 years. I've never experienced any anti-tourist backlash. Since I am a traveler and like Spain very much, I made the effort to learn Spanish. I eschew all the tags of being a tourist by leaving at home all my ballcaps and sporting teams related clothing. I dress conservatively, speak cordially and act as a guest in their home. It pains me to think of towns in the north being overrun with tourists. Once it happens it will never be the place you came to because it was special. On a month long trip from Barcelona to Potes, across the north of Spain, I interacted only twice with English speaking tourists and that's the way I like it.
If certain Spanish resorts want to attract a 'better class of tourists' all they need to do is close the tacky bars that encourage irresponsible drinking and close up early.
There are lots of people from the UK who likes the more quiter, chilled atmosphere
hi,dont listen to all the claptrack about Brits not going to Spain,nothing can be further from the truth,Spain is and will be for a long while the no1 holiday destination
Excellent presentation today Stu, a well balanced commentary😊
You're very unlikely to get a ocupa in your AirBnB. In a long term rental you're not protected at all. Spain has voted for this development.
A few weeks ago I was on Tenerife,if I ordered a taxi in English, they simply threw up the phone. When I tried in Spanish, the taxi arrived in 5 minutes. And the signs Tourist go home were all over the Island.
Quite a conflicted country. Tourism brings in so much income, whereas refugees will cost Spain much more.
Be careful - I think Catulunya is starting to realise the "be careful what you wish for", mantra.
Going to Benidorm by the tram from Alicante similar words on the walls etc etc regarding tourists..... Tony cuenca
They can have ours if they want. From the uk
i sold my business was going to move me and 5 members of family to main land Spain its now been cancelled ae the way Spain is treating Tourists disgusting
Fantastic day? Look at your sky mate. Chemtrailed to oblivion.
i saw them straight away too .
Sensationalist GB news outlets differ only slightly from your own rhetoric, apparent when you repeat their nonsense as if it was true, relative to the attitude of British Tourists. The one correct observation being British people don’t eat dinner after 8pm or 9pm at a stretch.
Lets see how they cope with Costa del Migration 🤔
Please Spain ask our PM in the UK for our refugees your welcome to them all. Tourists spend money refugees dont so good luck with that.
I'm a spaniard and I usually spend my holidays in Benidorm / Alicante where half the people you can encounter on the beach, at the hotels or the streets are from England and nobody complains about that, just like the rest of the mortals they are enjoying life and that's totally fine from our point of view, as long as they are respectful with the locals and obey the spanish laws.
Rubbish . Written to cause trouble.
Our general attitude towards tourism is fine as long as the tourists behave normally (drunk and shouting is not normal). A large part of the income comes from tourism, both domestic and foreign. Why would we forego that income?
The legal rental of apartments to tourists is probably not complained about much, it is regulated (and taxed). However, there is a lot of illegal renting (untaxed), which nobody likes.
If you have a correct long-term rental contract, you cannot normally 'just be kicked out' because the landlord wants to rent to tourists, there is probably something else behind it. A landlord is not obliged to renew short-term contracts (less than a year).
May be different rules for different regions of Spain.
There are always a few people who try to blame their bad lives on others and they may feel better because they give some message on a wall or the Internet.
And yes, Asturias is a very nice holiday destination. I live in Malaga, Andalucia but love to go on summer holidays in northern Spain.
Great video Stuart, thanks for sharing it. Interesting comments about Asturias. I was there 4 years ago and I loved everything about it except the weather. I enjoyed that I never came across one English tourist. The locals were very open and friendly and readily welcomed me to join their conversations. Strangely, none of them I met had ever come across an English tourist before.😀👍
Maybe they'll be a bit more guarded since they met you. Based on that sample of one, they must think we're all smug and pretentious.
The Brits that take notice of GB News and the Daily Express can only do British Tourism in Spain a favour if they boycott it, they can take their self righteous bitter moaning to some caravan parks in the U.K. and do us all a favour. leave the rest of the Brits that appreciate their fellow humans to enjoy the sun, food and locals of Spain.
Do they? I actually find Sky & BBC is the main news network we view .
@@michaeljones3774 BBC? you mean the British Bias Corporation along with SKY and Ch4 etc.
Put your handbag down sweetheart.
Says a British person who wants to see Spain as impoverished as possible.
@@richardweiss4167 I said put it down
It’ll be my pleasure to comply with spains demands. I’ve already booked my holidays in France this year.
Very interesting and seems a fair reply to those manipulative and misleading newspaper articles. Well said. Thanks, I enjoyed listening to you.
True articles, reporting many Spanish , and Greeks , Portuguese, Italians , don’t want tourists, they want Asylum seekers
I live in the Washington DC metro area-about 25 minutes west of Dulles International AirPort. I get annoyed and triggered by waves of tourists in DC. The traffic is terrible, visitors drive worse than locals-and that’s saying something, difficult to find a place to park, too many tourists lack common courtesy and respect, tourists/pedestrians don’t observe crossing lights, they clutter the sidewalks with scooters and e-bikes and zip by pedestrians at max speed; sometimes resulting in collisions with them; resulting in injuries.
Don’t worry Biden is outing a stop to American tourism big time…
I take it you never ever go on holiday because you wouldn’t want to be an annoying tourist would you
@@shirleyvalentine2794 🧐 I don’t go to touristy areas on vacation. I go to places that are off the beaten path.
That's Americans from all over the country...even Washington DC.
move to central Mississippi you'll have it all to yourself
Without tourism the people of these islands will suffer. It has become a way of life that the industry and old way of life has been eradicated in favour of the quick Euro. Many years ago Spain put their holiday prices through the roof and was beyond the reach of many British tourists who the economy needed. People left Spanish holidays in droves leaving Spain to spiral in the sudden loss of the expected massive economy and the peseta crumbled. People found a new country called Greece. Many areas and islands had no English language and we had no Greek. It was less than the price of Spain before the price rise and although we had to "rough it" the empty golden beaches and clear warm sea very cheap drink and food was what we needed but of course there were no egg chips and beans for meals just funny stuff that we looked at with a suspious eye and a wtf is this. Spain realised they had shot themselves in the foot badly but the damage was done, Spain was no longer the be all and end of of Mediterranean holidays for us Brits. Its funny people NEVER remember their history over money.
The Spanners, they want the money that goes with tourism, they don't want the tourists that come with the money. I know a lot of tourists let themselves down, but for the most part, their money keeps these coastal areas going. I lived in Spain for a few years, around the south eastern coastal area. We paid all our local taxes. We were always put to the back of the queue when it came to money being spent on infrastructure etc. We were eligible to vote in the elections there, as residents. Oddly enough, we did vote, as did a lot of expats. Weirdly though, when it came to totting up the foreign residents votes, ALL those votes were mysteriously misplaced. Very odd. They never, ever found these votes again! In the local, non tourist areas, the sorts of places you get to see that tourist never do, the everyday places that you'd find in any country, the Spanish had to be first, in the queues in banks, at the doctors. It is their country after all. SOme will state here that we feel the same over here in the UK with regards to immigrants. But for us there, trying to learn the language. Working, employing in many cases, Spaniards, paying local taxes, national taxes, medical insurance, all part of the then European Dream, foreigners, not just us British, we were second class citizens. We were just cattle, being milked dry of our money, the Spanish as a whole, not all, but the majority, are mercenary, lazy, greedy.
Great ! Give them exactly what they want . Go to any other destination . Spain is now on my woke boycott list.
THEIR HAPPY TO TAKE TOURISTS MONEY ,
I wish GB news would stick to reporting on the downside of only the UK. To the people of Spain I wish you all the best, do what's right for yourselves and country.
Asturias has some very good campsites, been going there for 20 years.
Hi Stuart. I was speaking to some old friends (both long term expats and local Canarian's) on the Island of Lanzarote (where I lived for a few years in the 2000's) and there's a big issue on that island with very limited long term rental properties anywhere on the island. What is available is being rented at costs pricing out many locals. The issue seems to be the rise of the digital nomad to these agreeable weather places and many long term rental landlords turning these properties into airbnb (most of the time without licenses or being in a tourist rental property zone). They were lamenting the lack of action local government is taking and even when they do the first fines are a weekly airbnb amount! This has also forced property sales prices sky high.
Happens everywhere I’m afraid
Why cant the government just issue construction companies permits to build specific long term rental apartment areas, problem solved, people get their homes and still get to keep the tourist money.. Why has everything have to always be either one or the other :D
So someones does want tourists that bring money, they want people that take money from their system!! Someones need a psychiatrist 🙄
You spent 100's of years to drive them out ,now you just let them back in.
Careful what you wish for
Sorry i missed the part where that piece of news highlighted *only* UK tourists... Starting to think you're as full of it as they are.
The headline is specifically "British tourists slammed" when, in fact, the message is for all tourists, not just British ones and, as explained, English is just the best language to address the largest number of people. A more truthful headline would have been "tourists slammed", dropping the "British" because, as explained, it is not a message aimed only at the British. The article then continues to talk specifically about "British tourists" as though they were the only target. They are not and as such, specifying that the tourists are British is, at best, unneeded and, at worst, purposefully misleading. If you genuinely missed this, you need to work on your media literacy.
@@ArosIrwin the headline reads 'Spain tourist backlash: Britons 'will take money elsewhere' as Spain proposes new rules on UK tourists'
They nowhere state *only* UK tourists. Why would GB news talk of how that would affect any other tourist than those travelling from the country they report for? To say that GB News "Highlight it as being *only* UK tourists" is what is misleading.
@@ArosIrwin more from the article "A new initiative that could see Spanish bars and restaurants close early has been hit by backlash, with concerns *tourists* will travel elsewhere on holiday"
"The Balearic Islands such as Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca are popular holiday hotspots and depend on tourism from countries *such as* the UK."
Again they go on to talk about how this will affect Brits because they are *a British media company*
Thank you for sharing!👍😊👍
Come and visit Denia, in Alicante.
A fishing port coastal town with long sandy beaches and a great atmosphere!
I have membership of GBNews and will correct theirs statement.
It's a complex topic, but the main issue that people are avoiding is that is not an issue about tourists, it's about MASS TOURISM, Spain it's oversaturated, tourists come the whole year and despite having some obvious benefits, it brings more problems