International holidaymakers are keeping Spaniards off their own sun-kissed beaches due to ever-rising hotel and rental prices ...

Spain has recently been rising up against mass tourism, with protests in places from Barcelona to the Balearics. But country ...

Some of Europe’s best-loved coastlines are disappearing before our eyes. Swathes of Spain’s Costa del Sol, Malta’s wild ...

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Two travel experts weigh in on the overtourism problem in Europe, and how you can still have a great vacation.

How the humble water gun became the symbol of Barcelona’s anti-tourism movement The phenomenon started last July, when a fringe, left-wing activist group based in Barcelona held its first ...

The protesters' route wound towards one of Barcelona's biggest attractions, the towering Sagrada Familia church designed by Catalan architect, Gaudi.

The water gun - the cheap, squirt-squirt variety - has become the weapon of choice and symbol of Spain's anti-tourism protests.

The seaside neighbourhood in east Barcelona has been brought back to life by galleries and studios taking over once-derelict warehouses.

Anti-tourist protests turn ugly in Spain holiday hotspot The demonstrators had surrounded the hotel and were holding placards claiming tourism was pricing them out of housing and robbing them of ...

In Italy, Portugal and Spain, activists used water pistols and a “noisy stroll” of suitcases to draw attention to rising housing costs and the environmental toll of tourism.