Now British holidaymakers in Spain face £170 fines if they buy cheap souvenirs from sellers on the beaches and streets - as the war on tourists continues
Daily MailAs the war on tourists wages on, British holidaymakers in Spain could be forced to pay £170 fines if they buy souvenirs from unlicensed sellers on the beaches and streets. A crowded beach in Benidorm, part of the Costa Blance in Spain The mayor of Torrevieja has called for more police officers during the summer to enforce the crackdown on unlicensed sellers During peak season Torrevieja's population swells to more than 500,000, according to The Mirror. Magaluf's mayor has welcomed a series of measures that stops drinking booze in the streets Crackdowns on over-tourism have been erupting across a series of Spanish islands as they face severe overcrowding and immense spikes in the numbers of boozy holidaymakers Boozy holidaymakers will be unable to drink on public streets in Magaluf A view of Palma Beach stuffed full of tourists and locals in Majorca Last week, a Menorca holiday village dubbed the 'Spanish Mykonos' threatened to ban all tourists after previously telling them to only visit between 11am and 8pm so they can enjoy their breakfasts. The words 'Go Home Tourist' were scrawled in English over a wall underneath a real estate promotion billboard in Nou Llevant, Mallorca Graffiti reading 'My misery, your paradise' is seen in the Balearic Islands Protestors hold a banner reading 'Mallorca is not for sale' during a protest against the massification of tourism in Mallorca A woman shouts next to a banner with the word 'tourism' during a anti-tourist demonstration in Santa Cruz de Tenerife Majorcan-based hotel chief Joan Pla warned recently the mass tourism protests in the Canary Islands could be repeated in the Balearics.