{"id":131347,"date":"2023-09-30T14:06:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131347"},"modified":"2023-09-30T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T14:06:43","slug":"anti-tourist-vandals-target-cars-with-uk-number-plates-in-marbella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/anti-tourist-vandals-target-cars-with-uk-number-plates-in-marbella\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Anti-tourist&apos; vandals target cars with UK number plates in Marbella"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Spanish &#8216;anti-tourist&#8217; vandals slash tyres and graffiti luxury cars with UK number plates in Marbella as Brits are told to &#8216;go back to your country&#8217; in online posts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>At least three vehicles have been targeted on the resort&#8217;s exclusive Golden Mile<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Comes amid a growing anti-tourist backlash from locals in vacation hotspots<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An anti-tourism campaign in Marbella is targeting cars with UK number plates by slashing their tyres and daubing them with graffiti &#8211; as fed-up locals tell the English to &#8216;go back to your country&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>At least three vehicles have been targeted on the resort&#8217;s exclusive Golden Mile this month, one opposite the uber-exclusive Puente Romano hotel, with photos showing a Fiat Punto and a black vehicle emblazoned with bright pink spray paint.<\/p>\n<p>The latter was pictured being towed away after also having its tyres slashed.<\/p>\n<p>A black Mercedes has also been pictured with all four tyres punctured.<\/p>\n<p>The owner wrote in a social media post: &#8216;This happened to my car with UK plates last weekend in Puente Romano\u2026 two tyres punctured with a screwdriver or something similar.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/12\/75888449-12565867-image-a-1_1695813116981.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An anti-tourism campaign in Marbella is targeting cars with UK number plates by slashing their tyres and daubing them with graffiti &#8211; as fed-up locals tell the English to &#8216;go back to your country&#8217; amid growing anti-tourist sentiment in vacation hostpots<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/12\/75888451-12565867-image-a-2_1695813121338.jpg\" height=\"620\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>At least three vehicles have been targeted on the resort&#8217;s exclusive Golden Mile this month, one opposite the uber-exclusive Puente Romano hotel, with photos showing a Fiat Punto and a black vehicle emblazoned with bright pink spray paint. Pictured: A spray-painted Fiat 500<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/29\/14\/75978359-12565867-image-a-20_1695995091854.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marbella (stock photo) is a popular resort along Spain&#8217;s Costa Del Sol for British holidaymakers<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the Fiat 500 said: &#8216;I had my car sprayed today next to the Puente Romano hotel, parked on the road by the beach.\u00a0Apparently it happened to other cars last week by a guy targeting English number plates.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But instead of receiving comments of solidarity, the posts have been met with a wave of anti-British comments from locals.<\/p>\n<p>One branded the English &#8216;the most annoying humans in the world&#8217;, adding: &#8216;You just drink beer and disturb the people who live here.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8216;People aren&#8217;t happy about English tourists, we want quality&#8217;, while one encouraged the vandalism, writing: &#8216;Good job! We should do that with all GB plates.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A local woman accused Brits of not bothering to try to speak Spanish while visiting, saying &#8216;they just want Spanish people to learn their language, but they would never try to learn some Spanish.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;It&#8217;s annoying, this is why we want them to go back to their country.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/12\/75888453-12565867-image-a-3_1695813124629.jpg\" height=\"619\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: A silver Mercedes is seen with pink spray paint down its side and across its bonnet\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/12\/75888455-12565867-image-a-4_1695813128384.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A black Mercedes has also been pictured with all four tyres punctured<\/p>\n<p>British expats have fought back, with one declaring: &#8216;If it wasn&#8217;t for the English Marbella would still be a throwback fishing village\u2026 ungrateful b******.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The local police force told MailOnline it was aware of the incidents but that it does not comment on ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n<p>At least one man has been arrested by National Police after being caught approaching cars on his bike while carrying pink spray paint.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents are the latest suggesting a rising anti-tourist sentiment in some popular vacation destinations in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In February, it was reported that the Balearic islands of\u00a0Mallorca and Ibiz were considering snubbing British tourists in favour of more up-market visitors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[We] are not interested in having budget tourists from the UK,&#8217; an official on Mallorca said at the time, amid attempts to rebrand itself from a destination for cheap drinks and beach parties by limiting the number of UK tourists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another popular Spanish destination &#8211; the Canary island of Lanzarote &#8211; also signalled its intention to reduce its dependency on British tourists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>sland president Mar\u00eda Dolores Corujo said the authority has no intention of changing its mind on its approach amid claims that it is already damaging Lanzarote&#8217;s image, and that other islands are struggling.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/12\/75888473-12565867-image-a-6_1695813158602.jpg\" height=\"248\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/12\/75888477-12565867-image-a-7_1695813160450.jpg\" height=\"307\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Instead of receiving comments of solidarity, posts by the owners of the vandalised cars have been met with a wave of anti-British comments from locals<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, &#8216;nuisance&#8217; British tourists were warned to &#8216;stay away&#8217; from Amsterdam if they&#8217;re only going there for &#8216;drugs and alcohol&#8217; in a new &#8216;discouragement campaign&#8217; being targeted at the tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam&#8217;s deputy mayor Sofyan Mbarki defended the new messsage, saying: &#8216;The aim of the discouragement campaign is to keep out visitors that we do not want. If we love the city, we must take action now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, more than 18 million Brits (more than a quarter of the population of the UK) visited Spain, according to UK government statistics.<\/p>\n<p>While the following three years saw a drop off due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Spanish officials predicted 2023 would break records.<\/p>\n<p>Local business owners say young British travellers in particular have a reputation for drinking a lot and spending little, creating tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Infact, there is a derogatory word &#8211;\u00a0guiri &#8211; used by Spanish people to describe Brits who drink too much, fight, ignore social norms and spend very little money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But while many locals would want to see the number of tourists decrease, the country&#8217;s tourism industry accounts for 10 percent of Spain&#8217;s annual GDP, with visitors from the United Kingdom accounting for a large portion of that revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Some locals may be getting their wish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/12\/75888483-12565867-image-a-5_1695813156664.jpg\" height=\"377\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>At least three vehicles have been targeted on the resort&#8217;s exclusive Golden Mile (pictured), one opposite the uber-exclusive Puente Romano hotel<\/p>\n<p>Between 12.2 million UK tourists visited Spain between January and July 2023 &#8211; six percent fewer &#8211; a decrease of\u00a0793,260 British holidaymakers for Spain &#8211;\u00a0when compared with the same period in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, other nationalities visiting Spain increased, including Italian, Irish, Portugese, Dutch and French are all above the pre-pandemic rates.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have put this down to &#8216;the poor macroeconomic performance of the United Kingdom, the sharp rise in rates and the weakness of the pound&#8217;, according to The Local Es. This suggests that the drop in Brits going to Spain could be temporary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should the UK economy improve, then the numbers are likely to rise once more.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12565867\/Spanish-anti-tourist-vandals-slash-tyres-graffiti-luxury-cars-UK-number-plates-Marbella-Brits-told-country-online-posts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish &#8216;anti-tourist&#8217; vandals slash tyres and graffiti luxury cars with UK number plates in Marbella as Brits are told to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&amp;apos;Anti-tourist&amp;apos; 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