‘This is war’ say Spanish anti-tourist campaigners as they prepare for summer carnage & call for flight price hikes

TOP anti-tourist zealotshave waged a “war” against tourists as they prepare to launch massive proteststo stop mass tourism in Spain.

Leading campaigners have ordered Brit tourists not to come to Spainand warned travellers heading to the sunny holiday hotspots to stay at home instead.

They have long called for measures against mass tourism after feeling pushed out by “low-quality” tourists.

And they are concerned about overcrowding and the preservation of their beaches and beauty spots and resource allocation.

Several leading groups of protestors came together and issued a letter to the people visiting Majorca and other popular tourist spots in Spain.

The letter read: “ENOUGH! STAY HOME! We do not need more tourists; in fact, you are the source of our problem.

“DO NOT COME.”

Joana Maria Estrany Vallespir, a leading member of an organisation called SOS Residents which co-wrote the letter, said: “This is like a war.”

Speaking to The Telegraph, the fuming anti-tourism campaigner said: “We wanted to open the consciousness of tourists.

“We ask them not to come because we cannot trust our politicians. We are trying to be polite, not aggressive, but we thought we had to say what we think.

“Some people, I’m sure, won’t come. But it’s not going to make a difference.”

In the letter, the campaigners claimed that the “greed and avarice” of hoteliers, politicians, real estate investors, and “parasites' of all kinds” have led to such a poor situation.

The letter read: “The local population is angry, and we are no longer hospitable because the land we love is being destroyed, and many residents are having to emigrate.”

But the tourism industry, which rakes in billions across the globe every year, is responsible for keeping many of the Spanish towns and villages afloat.

With the summer holiday season fast approaching, anti-tourism protestors are expected to take over the streets across Spain – as they did last year.

Joana Maria also called for flight price hikes which she believes would help cut the influx of tourists.

Plans are also to put a cap on the number of tourists arriving in the country and limit accommodations available for foreigners.

Last year, raging protestors banded together to harass tourists and turn their summer breaks into misery.

And this year, the raging zealots have promised to “intensify” the intimidation.

Spanish party Isle Ibiza saw the firstsigns of actionlast month when access to a popular viewing point was blocked with boulders.

Thousands flock to gaze at rocky Es Vedra at sunset but the site’s owners say they aresick of being invaded.

Shocking video footage posted online appeared to show vandals pouring flammable liquid on the ground, and then setting fire to around 20 rental vehicles in the southernTeneriferesort of Costa Adeje.

They put up a sign which reads: “Private Property. Restricted Access.”;

Pere Joan is the spokesperson and organiser for Menys Turisme Més Vida – meaning “Less Tourism, More Life”.

He told the Mirror: “We hope to do the same and occupy the beaches in places that have a mass of tourists.”

A wave of anti-tourism protests erupted across multiple Spanish holiday hotspots as locals called for an end to “low quality” tourism.

Residents complain of shameful acts by tourists such as the display of nudity and frequent violent brawls after getting drunk.

Locals say they cannot afford to buy a home and blame the government for allowing holiday rentals and accommodation construction to drive up housing costs.

Last year, demonstrators flocked to Majorcan beaches to display locals' discontent with holidaymakers and mass tourism.

They were seen huddled together at the coastal resort of Colonia De Sant Jordi, east of the island's capital, Palma.

In a different protest, Majorca's angry anti-tourist locals put up fake beach closure signs in a new bid to hold back holidaymakers.

The fed-up residents put up red tape and signs at several coves saying “Beach Closed”.

A wave of protests

During protests, hateful graffiti urging locals to “kill a tourist” emerged on a wall in Majorca.

Politicians in the Spanish holiday island condemned the bitter act by anti-tourist vandals, calling the behaviour “totally unjustified”.

Hostile messages against foreigners and tourists written on public walls have been on the rise – sparking fears that anti-tourist movements could become more hateful.

Anti-tourist fanatics in Majorcamocked Brit holidaymakers over the Euros' defeatduring the hate-filled protest.

They carried placards showing Man City and England defender Kyle Walker and the words: “The only thing coming home is you.”;

More than 10,000 protesters packing into the capital Palma complained about hard-drinking revellers and soaring rents.

Banners demanded: “Take back your drunks — give back our homes”; and “Your paradise, our nightmare.”;

Meanwhile, anti-tourist zealots chillingly warned of a summer of “surprise actions” as they prepared to launch protests in Ibiza.

Protestors said many demonstrations and mass campaigns will be carried out “without warning” – something that could spark chaos in the Spanish holiday hotspot.

The mainland Spanish city ofBarcelonawas hit by rallies too, withtourists being sprayed with water pistols.