A local in Benidorm has warned of a potential 'collapse' in tourism in Spain, despite the holiday hotspot hitting 90% capacity in September, as there are fears it could 'die of success' Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters A resident of Benidorm has expressed concerns that the Spanish tourism industry "might" be on the brink of collapse. Ana, who runs the popular YouTube channel 'Benidorm by Ana', regularly updates her 17,000 subscribers with news and insights from the holiday hotspot. In a recent video, she revealed that despite it being off-season, hotels in Benidorm were 90% full in September, a turnout "no one expected".
She noted that bars, restaurants and cafeterias are still "really busy". Ana also discussed recent Spanish news headlines predicting a potential "collapse" in tourism. She highlighted a common Spanish phrase in the articles, "die of success", as particularly concerning.
She said: "This is a typical Spanish phrase, 'die of success', that [something's] so, so, so successful that it's not even good any longer. This might be the case. Only in August, around 11million people arrived in Spain, and up until now, up until October month, there has been around 64million tourists here in our country.
" Ana suggested that Spain's tourism model often "prioritises quantity over quality in.