Cape Town becomes new anti-tourism flash point as activists condemn rise of selfie-taking digital nomads and holidaymakers are told 'stop coming to South Africa'

Cape Town has become the latest city to be flooded with anti-tourism sentiment, after fuming local activists condemned the influx of selfie-taking digital nomads. South African influencer Naledi Mallela took to her TikTok earlier this month to call out digital nomads Digital nomads are remote workers from wealthy countries who regularly move across the world to soak up the sun and embed themselves into different cultures Cape Town has become the latest city to be flooded with anti-tourism sentiment, after fuming local activists condemned the influx of selfie-taking digital nomads 'But the problem with you guys coming here is that everything is getting expensive! Geordin Hill-Lewis, Cape Town's mayor, defended the nomads as 'a blessing to our economy' Activists condemned the Nomad Week event as a 'a celebration of displacement' The 2023 report recommended that host countries carefully evaluate the costs and benefits of implementing digital nomad visa programmes, noting that their effect on tourism is still difficult to measure. Graffiti reading 'kill a tourist' has been spotted on a wall in Tenerife amid Spain's anti-protest movement Furious activists reportedly torched and smashed a fleet of hire cars in a shocking act of protest in Tenerife last week Visitors to Spain's party paradise Ibiza last month were left disappointed after a popular viewing point was dramatically blocked off with boulders More than 3,000 people demonstrated against the tourist overcrowding suffered by the city of Barcelona and in favor of tourism reduction policies in July Some 6,500 people take part in a demonstration organised by a platform reflecting the growing discontent among locals with the current tourism model in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on October 20, 2024 Angry demonstrators targeted visitors last year, blaming them for soaring rents and a cost of living crisis that's driving locals out of their homes.