After Tenerife and Majorca locals now fear Scotland is ‘on the brink’ of tourist crisis

There are fears that 'overtourism' in Scotland could leave to Majorca like anti-tourist protests (Image: Getty) Protests across Spain have hit the headlines this summer as locals took to the streets to complain about the effects of mass tourism - and there are fears that parts of Scotland could go the same way. Mass tourism is blamed by some in places such as Majorca and Tenerife as being the cause of rising rent prices, anti-social behaviour and overuse of popular hotspots. Now, plans by large companies to build in remote Scottish locations have led residents to voice concerns over the implications of a sudden influx of tourists.

Last week, a resident on the North Coast 500 told LBC that: “The same problems that are happening in the Canaries and the Balearic Islands are happening here with overtourism , houses being snapped up, no jobs for the locals, Airbnbs buying everything up. It's the same problems just in a wider area. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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