Travel warning for thousands of Brits facing misery across European holiday hotspots this summer

2X23P43 19 April, 2024. Barcelona, Spain: In Barcelona’s Gracia Quarter people passes by an anti-tourism graffiti reading ‘Your Tourism, Our Misery.’ Protests against mass tourism have been going on for years in the Catalan capital, one of the main tourist destinations over the world. Credit: Jordi Boixareu/Alamy Life News

FAMILIES from the UK visiting four particular countries have been warned to except anti-tourism protests upon arrival.

Fed up locals from European hotspots have refused to rule out targeting terminal buildings to deter holidaymakers.

An anti-tourism protests in Barcelona, Spaingetty

Spain, Italy, France and Portugal are among the reported places where anti-tourism protests are taking place.

Locals pledge mass tourism has fuelled soaring rents and a lack of affordable homes.

As a result, accommodation is snapped up for tourist lets and land bought for building resorts.