Anti-tourist yobs target holidaymakers' rental cars in Tenerife, with 'Go home' scrawled on a vehicle in latest act of 'tourism-phobia' ahead of huge protest planned for this weekend

A rental car has been pictured with 'Go Home' graffiti on it in Tenerife ahead of protests this Saturday over the effects of mass tourism. Tenerife daily El Dia said the car belonged to regional rental car company Cicar, which has more than 40 offices across the Canary Islands, and described it as 'another act of tourism-phobia.' A rental car has been pictured with 'Go Home' graffiti on it in Tenerife ahead of protests this Saturday over the effects of mass tourism Protests against tourism in the Canary Islands are planned for over the weekend The latest anti-tourist messages comes after slogans were plastered on walls and benches last month in the resort of Palm Mar in the south of the island One Tenerife-based social media user, referring to foreign tourists with the colloquial Spanish word 'guiris', responded by claiming: 'Cicar's cars always come with fully comprehensive insurance. They are all members of a platform called Canarias Se Agota, which literally translates into English as 'The Canary Islands are Exhausted' Protesters hold signs that read: 'The Canary Islands are Exhausted' Anti-tourism protesters are seen lining the streets Anti-tourism protesters hold a sign that reads: 'Our bodies, for our land' The hunger strikers want the authorities to paralyse two tourist projects, one involving the construction of a five-star hotel by one of Tenerife's last virgin beaches called La Tejita. 'AVERAGE SALARY IN CANARY ISLANDS 1,200 EUROS' : The 'average salary' marking is in reference to the low pay seen on the Island in comparison to rising rents, increasing interest rates, and the cost of living due to inflation rates 'TOURIST, RESPECT MY LAND': Islanders are said to be angry at the build-up of traffic from tourists 'We want a moratorium on the number of tourist beds available so they don't increase and the paralysation of the tourist complexes Hotel La Tejita and Cuna del Alma as a show of commitment towards a real will for change.'