Overtourism pleas ignored as even more British tourists flock to holiday hotspot

British tourists continue to flock to Spain despite recent protests against overtourism (Image: GETTY-STOCK) British tourists continue to flock to Spain despite the growing frustration at overtourism expressed by locals. Figures published on June 3 by Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE) showed the sun-kissed country welcomed 24 million visitors between January and April this year - a 14.5 percent spike when comparing numbers from the same period in 2023.

In April alone, Spain received 7.8 million tourists, up 8.3 percent from the same month last year.

These figures confirmed Britons as the biggest fans of Spain, with the UK remaining the largest market for the country's tourism industry. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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