Anti-tourism protests have spread across Alicante, Spain with locals saying "drunk" Britons have turned the city into a "tourist theme park".
Some 1,000 protesters took to the city streets as part of the group 'Alicante Where Are You Going?'
Protesters held up banners "refugees welcome, tourists go home" and "No Airbnb".
Locals say they have been forced out of their home city due to rising housing prices, which they claim are due to overtourism.
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|Protesters were seen across Alicante
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|One tourist was seen walking wearing a shirt reading 'tourist go home - thank you'
The region saw 4.8 million tourists holiday last year, of which nearly 1.3million were Britons, the largest group by nationality.
Last week, Alicante council imposed a freeze on licenses for buildings dedicated entirely to tourist flats.
Spokesman for the protest group Salvador Cobo said: "The city has experienced a proliferation of tourist apartments and the corresponding rise in rental prices has led to the expulsion of many families and residents who can no longer maintain their homes in the city or (afford) any housing as apartments have been converted from residential to tourist use.
"This trend is turning Alicante into a theme park for drunken tourism and leaving the neighbourhood's residents without their spaces in the city."
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|Locals blame tourists for the sharp rise in rental prices
Cobo said the Spaniards do not care what nationality of "drunken tourists" enter the country, but they "need to put a limit on it".
He added: "When holidaymakers come to party in a tourist flat, which is next to a family residence, it can cause disturbance."
The average monthly price of a two-bedroom flat in Alicante is now between £611 and £786.
Jordi Arnes Fernandez, another organiser of the demonstration, said: "I must stress we are not against tourism, only against mass tourism which is changing the character of the city and pushing up the price of flats for local people."
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|The anti-tourism protests come despite over four million tourists visiting Alicante last year
The demonstration in Alicante is part of a number of protests seen across Spain this year.
Spain's Government has already ordered Airbnb to close nearly 66,000 tourist flats, claiming they are contravening regulations.
Barcelona's mayor, Jaume Collboni, has promised to close 10,000 tourist flats in the city by 2028.
Protesters were seen across the Spanish city in June spraying tourists with water pistols.