Italians 'trying to escape' Rome with tourists performing grim act 'every 20 minutes'

Rome residents are the latest Europeans to grow tired of tourists (Image: Getty) Mortified locals are threatening to abandon their beloved city due to unruly behaviour from tourists. In recent months, swathes of European holiday destinations such as Barcelona and the Canary Islands have erupted in protests aimed at Brits trying to spend a fortnight in the sun. Locals have been pictured storming the streets with placards reading 'go home' and have even squirted tourists in the face with water guns while they tuck into dinner.

Most protesters claim their unwelcoming acts are due to over-tourism spoiling the natural area, and holiday lets owned by foreign investors, leeching money from the economy. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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