Fury in Spanish seaside village as locals chain up entrances to keep out British tourists
Locals have previously slammed British tourists as "low-quality" visitors who "drink cheap beer, lay in the sun, and eat burgers and chips".
Binibeca Vell: Inside picturesque streets of Menorcan village
Residents of a Spanish village have tried to block all 22 entrances to stop tourists from visiting their picturesque town at night.
This comes amid a rise in protests against tourism from locals in Majorca and Menorca.
The people of Binibeca Vell, located on Menorca's southern coast and branded the 'Spanish Mykonos', have grown tired of tourists filling the streets of their usually quiet village.
In recent years, the village has become increasingly popular with tourists looking for beautiful places to visit on the Balearic Islands.
The locals have resorted to blocking entrances to the village with chains to keep tourists away at night.
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Visitors can only access Binibeca Vell between 11am and 8pm.
Statistics show that 800,000 people visit the village each year.
In Menorca, similar scenes were reported at a town square, where protestors turned it into a mock beach with sand, chairs, and towels.
One protest organiser told Sky News: "We want the authorities to stop people who have not lived here more than five years from buying properties and to put more controls on holiday accommodation.
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This comes despite data from Exceltur, which found that 45 percent of the Balearic Islands' GDP comes from tourism.
Javier Cardonell, a real estate in Majorca, said: "We want less mass tourism and more sustainable tourism."
As reported by The Sun, Spaniards in tourist hotspots have previously described British tourists as "low-quality" visitors who "drink cheap beer, lay in the sun, and eat burgers and chips".
There have also been similar protests in the Canary Islands where more than 50,000 people protested in Tenerife.
One protestor told Balearic Islands newspaper Ultima Hora: "Overcrowding affects us residents first by making it more expensive and worsening our quality of life, but tourists are also harmed.
"For this reason, our campaign seeks to involve them in the search for solutions to alleviate this problem."
