Madeira, Portugal (Image: Getty) In recent weeks, locals in the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, and some of Spain's major cities have expressed anger with the number of people visiting the country on holiday. And now another beautiful European country is echoing these calls and is debating whether to crack down on mass tourism. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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