Turismofobia grows in Spain: Three in 10 locals hold a negative view of foreign tourists who annoy you in your own home [Video]

PUBLIC opinion is starting to turn against mass tourism in Spain, the latest opinion poll shows.

Despite being the lifeblood of the economy at 13% of GDP and providing jobs for nearly three million people, the country stands out among its neighbours in the YouGov European attitudes to overtourism survey.

It found that one in three (32%) Spaniards believe there are too many international visitors in their area, far higher than next-nearest France (18%).

A further 28% of people now take these views even further, holding a negative opinion of foreign tourists in general – in France the number stands at 16%.

And Spain is the only country surveyed where more people are against tourist flats (37%) than in favour (33%).

The overall discontent with foreign visitors in Spain far outstrips those surveyed in fellow tourism hotspots Italy and France.

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