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HOLIDAYMAKERS HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES AT THE CENTRE OF DEMONSTRATIONS FROM ANGRY EUROPEAN UNION RESIDENTS AMID A PERCEIVED "OVERTOURISM". 06:41, 03 Jun 2025 Spain has been dealt

humiliation and a mortifying embarrassment over its anti-UK tourist protest. British holidaymakers have found themselves at the centre of demonstrations from angry European Union residents

amid a perceived "overtourism". Despite the protests sweeping the Canary Islands and Balearics, holiday bookings to the Balearics have risen by 10.1 per cent in the past week

compared to the previous week and by 29.7 per cent compared to the same week a year ago, according to data published on Monday by the booking platform TravelgateX. The Balearics are the

third most popular destination in Spain in the last seven days, with 16 per cent of bookings, after Andalusia and Catalonia, both with 18%. READ MORE UK FACES 'SPANISH SCORCHER'

HEATWAVE WITH 31C AS EXACT DATE IT STARTS ANNOUNCED Nearly two in 10 of this week’s bookings nationwide were made around two months in advance and 18 per cent more than 90 days in advance.

Last-minute bookings (made the day before or on the day of travel) accounted for 10.4 per cent. Article continues below One in two were made by couples and half of travellers (48.9 per cent)

booked between two and five nights, while 25 per cent booked for just one night. Spaniards accounted for 55.5 per cent of the bookings, followed by the British with 18.8 per cent, Germans

with 3.3 per cent and Portuguese with 2.8 per cent. One local replied to the study fuming: "Who are TravelgateX? Never heard of them. I suspect that the previous week they had nine

bookings - and last week (being half-term holiday in the UK) their bookings rose to ten. Marvellous… … and risible." Article continues below "Not Menorca - it's extremely

quiet, worryingly quiet," a second wrote back to the study, after the data emerged this week. Another said: "We win again! The winningest winners in the history of winning."

And another wrote back to say: "Come on now."