A historic seaside town known for its iconic jolly fisherman character has become embroiled in the UK's migrant crisis with locals saying the area is overrun by illegal migrants.
It has seen coach companies cancelling tours as holidaymakers are staying away from Skegness.
The County Hotel has been housing asylum seekers for the past three years with many past "guests" now living in share houses in the town as the Government attempts to move them elsewhere.
Angry residents have staged a protest against the influx of migrants.
The town's famous clock tower has been draped with flags of St George as roundabouts, bollards and street signs have been sprayed with red crosses.
Some hotel owners have erected large English flags at the front of their properties to distance themselves from the issue - one sign reading: "We are NOT housing any asylum seekers".
Another owner said guests were trying to pull out of stays.
She added her hotel was threatened with being firebombed as they thought migrants had been staying there.
Skegness has seen holidaymakers stay away from the town as migrants influx the town
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Tourists say they were fed-up while one migrant told The Sun he made seven attempts to reach the UK and had paid £1,500 to people smugglers before being granted asylum.
About a quarter of a million Britons visit the town - nicknamed Skegvegas for its nightlife and amusements - every year, however, its population goes down to about 20,000 in the winter months.
Roughly 64 migrants are being housed in the County Hotel on North Parade.
County Hotel in Skegness where migrants are being housed
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Protesters have gathered outside to oppose the Government's asylum policy amid growing anger across the country.
However, other migrants have been staying in shared properties as the Home Office aims to empty hotels and insert them into other forms of housing.
Nearby hotel, The Savoy, has resorted to putting up a sign, declaring its guests are not migrants.
"We need all the support we can get so please do not cause any upset for our current or future guests near or around our hotel," a sign read.
North Parade Hotel's Julieanne Bunce has looked after guests for close to 25 years.
She has put up St George's flags ahead of the protest march with fears her hotel could be targeted.
Ms Bunce claims holidays were being cancelled.
"The coach companies have been organising holidays with me for 15 years but now they are trying to cancel them," she said.
Ms Bunce claimed English visitors were fuming over migrants"One shouted he was going to firebomb my hotel because he thought there were refugees here".
"There's a lot of trouble from visitors and locals," she added.
Vine Hotel owners said he was appalled at the cost taxpayers are paying for the number of hotels the Home Office are using to house asylum seekers, saying he would still refuse them if "they offered me £100,000 a day".
"I have a daughter and a mother and I think that many migrants see women as second class citizens and do not respect women," he added.
A government spokesman said it will "continue to work closely with community partners across the country, and discuss any concerns they have, as we look to fix this broken system together and close every hotel by the end of this Parliament".
“The security of the local communities within which hotels are located will always be our first priority," the spokesman added.