Hundreds of anti-tourist zealots flood Costa Blanca holiday hotspot chanting ‘tourism is terrorism’ in massive protest

TOURIST-HATING Spaniards have flooded the streets of Alicante comparing holidaymakers to terrorists. Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets of the Costa Blanca capital to protest at the effects of mass tourism. Protesters in carried a huge banner emblazoned with the words: ‘Alicante is at the limit, less business, more life’ Credit: Instagram/Sindicat de Vivenda Carolines Anti-tourist zealots chanted: ‘This tourism is terrorism’ Credit: Instagram/alicantedondevas Anti-tourist zealots chanted: “This tourism is terrorism.” Many carried a huge banner emblazoned with the words: “Alicante is at the limit, less business, more life.” Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The huge march kicked off at 7pm yesterday in Alicante‘s Carolinas Bajas neighbourhood. Protesters walked through the town to La Rambla. It was a planned by a housing union and a called Alicante Donde Vas (Alicante, where are you going?). They claimed: “Housing costs us our lives. Neither for tourism nor for rent-seekers.” The group released a dramatic video to the The Clash’s London Calling featuring images of key boxes outside homes. In Majorca and Barcelona yobs have glued up these same lockboxes in the past to target tourists. Most read in The Sun Protesters walked through the town to La Rambla Credit: Instagram They claimed: ‘Housing costs us our lives. Neither for tourism nor for rent-seekers’ Credit: Instagram The video lamented the effects of mass tourism, saying: “Local businesses converted into tourist homes, buildings for sale, tourist flats at every step, key boxes on facades and windows, posters asking tourists to be quiet. The litany went on: “Blocks that only house tourist apartments, illegal works, real estate agents offering to sell your flat, tourists invading the neighbourhoods, franchises everywhere, cruise ships, planes, cars, dirt, noise and so on and so on.” It asked: “How long do we have to put up with this?” One local replied: “Every day this city is closer to becoming an amusement park only for tourists.” Another added: “We have been selling tourism for years and nothing more than that, and now we are reaping what has been sown.” At the end of the demo protesters put out tables and chairs and sat down to eat together in an attempt to recover “lost” public space in the city. Majorca and Barcelona are also set to see huge anti-tourist protests this weekend. In July a protest in Palma turned nasty with clashes between riot police and demonstrators. Dramatic footage showed scuffles between protesters and baton-wielding cops as activists filled the streets of Majorca’s capital to rage against holidaymakers flocking to the island. Cops said 20,000 people took part in the huge march but organisers claimed the figure was almost three times that, at 70,000. Seven people were injured in the chaos, two seriously. One clip showed a protester being whacked with a baton, before another jumps at a police officer and all hell breaks loose. Protesters yelled that Palma “has reached its limit” as they threatened to shut down the holiday hotspot. After police hit several protestors with batons a small group of demonstrators chucked bottles at cops. During the march, activists mocked English holidaymakers for the Three Lions’ World Cup semi-final defeat against Argentina. Demonstrators held a banner reading: “The Only Thing Coming Home Is You.” Comment now