Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic ADVERTISEMENTLast summer, Spain erupted with protests driven by the soaring tourist numbers putting a strain on residents\u2019 daily lives.More than 90 million foreign visitors descended on the country in 2024, and consultancy firm Braintrust estimates that the number of arrivals will rocket to 115 million by 2040.\u00a0Angered by the inadequate government measures to manage the flow, locals across Spain staged hunger strikes, plastered visitor hotspots with anti-tourism messages, and squirted tourists with water guns.\u00a0As the Easter holidays approach, the anti-tourism sentiment is brewing once again, and protests are ramping up.\u00a0Residents are demanding that authorities step up regulations before peak season sees tourist destinations overwhelmed again.\u00a0Why are Spain\u2019s residents protesting against tourism?The unchecked influx of tourists to Spain in recent years has generated a rash of unwelcome effects for residents.\u00a0One major impact is the spiralling cost of housing as accommodation is snapped up for tourist lets and land bought for building new resorts.\u00a0Last April, demonstrators in Tenerife organised a hunger strike over two new hotel developments with some locals saying they had been forced to sleep in their cars or caves because they couldn\u2019t afford housing on the island.\u00a0\u201cWe have nothing against individual tourists but the industry is growing and growing and using up so many resources and the island cannot cope,\u201d Ivan Cerdena Molina, who helped organise the protests, told local news outlet The Olive Press.\u201cAirbnb and Booking.com are like a cancer that is consuming the island bit by bit.\u201dOther tourist hotspots like Barcelona and Madrid are also struggling with soaring rental prices for residents.\u00a0In June last year, Barcelona\u2019s city council announced a plan to rid the city of tourist flat licenses by 2028. The city hasn\u2019t granted any new licenses since 2014, when it froze the supply at around 10,000 units.Spain is also planning to introduce a 100 per cent tax on properties bought by non-EU residents in its latest move to protect the housing market from foreign buyers.Sales of homes to foreigners, including EU citizens, make up roughly 15 per cent of the housing market, according to the Spanish property registry.\u2018The source of our problems\u2019: Anti-tourist protests ramp up ahead of Easter holidaysDespite these moves, resentment continues to ferment with protests already planned ahead of the Easter break.ADVERTISEMENTIn Majorca, locals will stage a demonstration on 5 April, demanding solutions to the housing crisis under the slogan \u2018Let\u2019s end the housing business\u2019.\u00a0“The greed and avarice of hoteliers, politicians, real estate investors, and ‘parasites’ of all kinds” have also deteriorated the island\u2019s ecosystem, overloaded public services, and triggered gentrification, activists wrote in a letter.They concluded by imploring tourists not to come to the island, calling them \u201cthe source of our problems\u201d.Across the Canary Islands, employees in the hospitality sector are threatening to strike over the Easter holiday period in an ongoing dispute over pay.ADVERTISEMENTSpain\u2019s two principal trade unions – CCOO (Comisiones Obreras) and UGT (Uni\u00f3n General de Trabajadores) – have proposed a one-time payment or a 7.75 per cent wage increase for hotel, restaurant and bar staff across the Spanish archipelago to mitigate the prohibitive living costs for workers.33.8 per cent of residents in the Canary Islands are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to Spain\u2019s National Statistics Institute, the highest figure for any region except Andaluc\u00eda.Last week, unrest broke out in Tenerife, fueled by anger over mass tourism. Activists vandalised a fleet of rental cars and warned they would escalate actions by targeting airports.Next month, 15 activist groups from Spain, Portugal, Italy, and France are holding a summit in Barcelona to coordinate efforts to counter unsustainable tourism.\u00a0ADVERTISEMENTThe Majorca-based movement Menys Turisme, M\u00e9s Vida (Less Tourism, More Life) has said it will redouble efforts this summer.\u00a0The alliance of groups campaigns against the adverse effects of excessive tourism, which it blames for exacerbating property speculation, displacing local residents, and inflating living costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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