Responding to her video, one commenter said: “Oh wow. Didn’t realise tourism was such an issue there. We planned to go to Barcelona in 2026 for the MotoGP race. Guess we will choose a different race to attend.”
Another added: “Tourism is your bread and butter economically. It’s a shame they were so concerned about tourists – they literally drove them out.”
One holidaymaker responded: “Spain was on my bucket list for 2025/2026, but so was Greece.
“We chose to go visit different parts of Greece for two weeks over Spain. I would rather spend time experiencing a country that wants my business, not a country that doesn’t.”
Another traveller wrote: “Tell them, we listened. I went to Hawaii instead.” A fellow tourist also added: “I would rather go to Portugal or Italy.”
Last month, TikTok user yorkshirebargainhunter went to Benidorm and claimed the popular destination was now an “absolute ghost town”
They added: “It’s absolutely dead. This is one of the main strips in Benidorm and it should be absolutely rammed.”
In Barcelona, where tourists have been sprayed with water pistols and told to “go home”, lauratravelvlogs claimed the beach was nowhere near as busy as it was back in 2023.
And in Majorca, restaurant association president Juanmi Ferrer warned that the anti-tourism demonstrations are “scaring visitors away”, whilst Miguel Pérez‐Marsá, head of the nightlife association, also raised concerns.
He told the Majorca Daily Bulletin: “The tourists we’re interested in are being driven away; they don’t feel welcome and are going to other destinations.”
