Brits in Lanzarote and Tenerife ordered to 'go home' by protesters

UK holidaymakers in Lanzarote and Tenerife have been told to "go home" by local residents.

Visitors at Tenerife's Playa de las Americas and Troya beaches were confronted by protestors chanting "more tourists, more misery".

This comes amidst ongoing protests across Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, La Palma, and El Hierro. The demonstrators are against tourism and have united over 20 groups under the "Canary Islands have a limit" campaign.

At the Playa de las Americas in Tenerife, a hotspot for British tourists, protesters interrupted sunbathers on the beach with chants of "This beach is ours.", reports Birmingham Live.

"We need a change in the tourist model so it leaves richness here, a change so it values what this land has because it is beautiful," voiced Sara Lopez, 32, from Gran Canaria. Hundreds took to the streets of Valencia last Saturday demanding affordable housing, blaming tourist flats for inflating prices.

In the Canaries, 8,000 protesters participated. One woman held a cardboard sign reading: "Tourists, go home."

Other placards carried by protesters read: "Enjoying a day at your pool? That water could be going on food' as well as "Macrotourism destroys Canary Islands".

There were no reports of any violence but protesters, whose banners included one in English which said 'Go Home Tourist' are said to have been mocked and taunted.Victor Martin, a spokesman for Canarias Se Agota which translates into English as "The Canaries have a limit."

Another banner written in Spanish read: "The Canaries Don't Live off Tourism.