It’s well past the August holiday peak, but anger against over-tourism in Spain is spilling into the off-season, as holiday-makers continue to seek winter sun.

On Sunday locals in the Basque city of San Sebastian plan to take to the streets under the banner: “We are in danger; degrow tourism!”

And in November anti-tourism protesters will gather in Seville.

Thousands turned out last Sunday in the Canary Islands, so the problem is clearly not going away.

  • Nougat
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    184 hours ago

    Lots of reference to “tourist apartments” in there. Are we talking about people and companies buying up residential properties and turning them into short-term rentals (AirBnB)? Because definitely fuck that.