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A Brit living in Benidorm fears the water gun toting anti-tourist protestors blighting Spain will spread to the Costa Blanca. Nigel Pope, 62 is originally from Cornwall but made the move to the Spanish seaside hotspot seven years ago after divorcing from his long-term wife. Since then, he's become known as the 'King of Benidorm' by establishing himself as a tour guide influencer – helping attract Brits looking for a cheap and cheerful holiday in their droves.

However, with anti-tourist protests spilling from Tenerife into Majorca and now Barcelona, Nigel now fears that the friendly locals in Benidorm will start to catch wind. Speaking to Daily Star, the Benidorm 'royalty' shared his growing concerns and said: "As far as I have seen there is no trouble here in Benidorm. "But, as other areas are waking up to the fact that locals may have trouble finding cheap accommodation, it could happen here too.



"Our local mayor needs to take action now and look at what is going on here, if need be, he needs to pass bylaws, certainly on all the new apartment blocks being built. "Believe me, Benidorm is expanding at an incredible rate. Tens of brand new very big apartment blocks are going up especially in the Poniente area.

"But, they need to make sure they are only available to locals at the local rates. I am not an expert, but it's common sense. It’s the big companies that are profiting, while the locals suffer.

Benidorm has a reasonably small population of 67,000 but attracted a mammo.

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