Reports Of Fake Warning Signs In Spain Emerge Amidst The Influx Of British Tourists

Residents of a well-known Balearic island are expressing dissatisfaction with British tourists who are occupying the prime beach areas.

According to recent reports, they have responded by placing fake warning signs, alerting tourists of jellyfish and falling rocks.

In Mallorca, for example, various fake signs have emerged, falsely indicating that the beach is off-limits or that it requires a three-hour walk to reach, even though the actual distance is just 100 yards.

Recently, news emerged that locals on the Balearic island, Spain are placing fake warning signs to scare off British tourists

Reports Of Fake Warning Signs In Spain Emerge Amidst The Influx Of British Tourists

Image credits: Ian Campbell (not the actual photo)

Reports Of Fake Warning Signs In Spain Emerge Amidst The Influx Of British Tourists

Image credits: Caterva_mnc

These deceptive placards also include a message in Catalan beneath them, intended for locals to recognize their inauthenticity.

“Come in. The danger is not of a landslide, it is of overcrowding,” one of them reads. “Open beach. Not to jellyfish nor foreigners,” goes another.

According to The Sun, the counterfeit signs were a move by the anti-capitalist activist organization known as Caterva. This group has previously expressed criticism towards Rafael Nadal due to his ownership of a tourism business and a restaurant situated on the island.

“Open beach. Not to jellyfish nor foreigners”

Reports Of Fake Warning Signs In Spain Emerge Amidst The Influx Of British Tourists

Image credits: Caterva_mnc

Reports Of Fake Warning Signs In Spain Emerge Amidst The Influx Of British Tourists

Image credits: Caterva_mnc

After the posters started appearing in the small towns of Cala Morlanda, Cala Petita, Porto Cristo, Cala Murta, Cala Magraner and Cala Bóta, the organization published a statement on X, addressing their motives.

“These days, we carried out a denunciation action against the #massificació tourist in the coves of #Manacor,” the post reads. “With a bit of humor, we’ve put up a few posters that you can see in the photos. From Cala Morlanda to Cala Bota.”

The message continued: “The usurpation of the coves is just another expression of how capitalism uses an economic activity like tourism, taken to the extreme, to dry the territory for free and to extract the maximum surplus value from the workers.”

The fake warning signs were a move by the anti-capitalist Spanish activist organization known as ‘Caterva’

Reports Of Fake Warning Signs In Spain Emerge Amidst The Influx Of British Tourists

Image credits: Caterva_mnc

British tourists account for one-quarter of the entire tourist influx in Spain

Reports Of Fake Warning Signs In Spain Emerge Amidst The Influx Of British Tourists

Image credits: Caterva_mnc

Reports Of Fake Warning Signs In Spain Emerge Amidst The Influx Of British Tourists

Image credits: Caterva_mnc

British citizens reacted with a blend of discontent and occasional understanding

Reports Of Fake Warning Signs In Spain Emerge Amidst The Influx Of British Tourists

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Donkeywheel 1 year ago (edited)

British tourists are the worst, in Spain, Portugal, south of France. They somehow managed to become less desired than the Chinese… Hordes of drunk youngsters or chavs dumped by low-cost airlines. Those who benefit from tourism (hotels, attractions) may appreciate the money but the local population just can’t stand them. But to be honest, it’s becoming true for every tourist in cheap destinations now overcrowded.

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Daniela Lavanza 1 year ago

Some tourists behave perfectly, but too many think them can leave politeness at home when traveling. Because we allow them to, you can be sure they wouldn't do so in some specific destinations where the police makes sure everyone respect the law. I live in a highly touristic area, the police doesn't stop bad behavior unless it brings much trouble. It's a policy to keep tourists coming next year.This is also sad for respectful tourists who are considered because of bastards they're in no way related to.

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Petra Schaap 1 year ago

i remember the drunk Germans effing up during corona in Spain though, and as a Dutch person, i know loads of dutch go to coastal spain to get wasted. I dont think its the nationality, its the alcohol. I used to work with tourists and the English were my favorite. But they were sober.

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cipcip 1 year ago

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David L 1 year ago

How to tell people your a racist.

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Verena 1 year ago

The people commenting with "then we will take our money elsewhere": Please do so. Because they are the most ignorant ones, with no interest in the location. You can binge drink and puke and "be you" elsewhere, please.

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R Dennis 1 year ago

The "I'm never coming back!" isn't the threat they think it is...

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Ima Manimal 1 year ago

They can take their disrespect right along with them, too.

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Lucille 2 1 year ago (edited)

My small town relies on tourism to survive. Honestly we love people who are travelling and visiting us and contributing to our tiny local economy as long as they act like respectable humans, don’t trash our home, don’t burn anything down, don’t harass our less-fortunate folks, don’t trash our camp sites or nature spots, etc. it’s really very basic common decency. I live in BC where wildfires are becoming so common that it’s a huge problem with tourists and even a whole season of its own now (despite what some political peoples’ personal opinions are, it’s obviously due to climate change) and it’s exhausting seeing how careless people are with their cigarettes etc. (my mum almost burned my apartment patio down just by putting her cigarette out in a bucket of soil AND ALSO bringing her ciggy butt inside to put out in water - the god damn bare SOIL lit on FIRE just from briefly being touched with a cigarette butt! A tourist almost burnt my hometown down last month with a cigarette butt, the fire was 400m from my apartment when they finally got it under control!) don’t be ignorant y’all!

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