Brits 'VILIFIED' as Tenerife locals demand higher quality holiday makers | 'They should be grateful'

'The Brits put Tenerife on the map.'
Broadcaster, Paula London, reacts to anti-tourist protestors in Tenerife hitting out at Brits and demanding higher quality people visit the island.
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[@juliacarr5039]

" They don't appreciate the culture they don't learn the language and they don't respect the customs" Sounds very much like the UK except our holiday makers stay for life and don't have to pay for their stay!🤪

[@Sadiq-Khan-of-London]

👍

[@garyoneill545]

😂😂😂😂Bang on.

[@DegenRose]

Jesus Christ even made this about immigration 😂

[@markthacker9387]

​@@DegenRoseit's true, you are delusional, to think otherwise.

[@LordGreavous]

tried to learn spanish over a year for my last holiday, got some basics down and everywhere i went they treated me badly for it and ignored my efforts even at the hotel. do they expec tus to be fluent before we even try?

[@billrankin]

I see more English people in Tenerife Than I see in London.

[@user-si5sk2hm2n]

Because London is a strange other state the fuses in London blew a long time ago and now it can't be fixed 🤣

[@countfosco8535]

Because London is part of Broken Brexit Britain and Tenerife is not.

[@user-xv2kk5fe5b]

You won't see any British in Londonistan.

[@BerryNiceToMeetYou]

Maybe brits should demand higher quality immigrants, or just less altogether.

[@JamesSmith-zn9zq]

No, it's considered racist when Brits talk the same way as Canarians.

[@stumccabe]

If you want to visit Tenerife and avoid rowdy drunken Brits, go to the North of the island where it's not touristy.

[@countfosco8535]

And you won't find Paula there.

[@Misspaulalondon]

@@countfosco8535 😌🤣

[@PaulioMaldinio]

I went to puerto de la cruz in December, 😂 was lovely.

[@ItsAWasteOfTime]

Put it this way ... Would we in the UK like it is the Spanish, Portuguese, French and Germans etc. came over to our resorts and treated it like our 'lager louts' treat their resorts? I think NOT !

[@RuizitooAlvarez]

I'm from Tenerife. We want tourists, we need tourist. But tourists that respect our land. When I do a travel, I like to feel welcome and grateful with local people where I go. It's the same situation. In the island we have problems that we have to solve with the hand of turism, of course! We need your help too!

[@chewie8]

Its called respect, which many people lack these days.

[@wordie1111]

benidorm is not complaining,they embrace the brits,we love benidorm

[@russbramley1270]

Benidorm is an absolute pit

[@JamesSmith-zn9zq]

Old Spanish ladies getting their snatches out for drunk Brits. Classy people the Spanish.

[@samanthaostrowski6755]

STAY AT HOME AND SPEND YOUR MONEY HERE.

[@user-si5sk2hm2n]

For what ? life is short! You stay and read newspapers hahha

[@lone8869]

Not a chance. I wish to enjoy beautiful weather.

[@TMGold60]

its more expensive to holiday in the uk and we cant guarantee the sun!

[@paradisehub9382]

All these simpletons on about hot weather. Just sit in a sauna with some bright stagelights if you're into it that much.

[@carolbyrne9621]

Can't get a hotel in britian and if you do you don't know if there's asylum seekers staying there.

[@paulhanson5164]

You build a place and sell it as a party town with 24 hour bars and nightclubs youngsters will turn up and party, me and my mates did in the 1980s, when I wanted culture ( which I often did ) I went elsewhere, when I had a young family I went to the quieter family resorts in Spain...What next, the mayor of Las Vegas moaning about gamblers ?

[@Misspaulalondon]

True.

[@AleksandarBarjaktarovic]

It's not the chains complaining though, it's the locals.. The hotels, restaurants and bars make the money while the locals make nothing. Why do you think everything is so cheap? Because their wages are so poor. They are struggling with getting enough water as it's all being fed into the tourist areas. They are living in poverty so the visitors can live in luxury. Well and truly, they don't want to remove the tourism sector completely. They want it restructured so the locals can flourish as much as the visitors.

[@samanthaostrowski6755]

Brits DON'T GO TO TENERIFF. let's see how they get on.

[@AaRr-bn3xx]

We left the EU and from what I can see it is doing just fine without us British 🇬🇧 trouble 🏴‍☠️ makers 😉

[@grahamflaherty9278]

​@@AaRr-bn3xx Do you live in the EU?

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

​@@grahamflaherty9278 I do and he is right

[@Misspaulalondon]

Exactly!

[@AaRr-bn3xx]

@@grahamflaherty9278 I can't see what that's got to do with it?

[@marquonuk]

I can understand warmer countries getting fed up with the "drink, dance, din and damage" holiday types constantly visiting them, but we're not all like that!

[@etiennebaree6176]

look at some you tube content how brits behave in there own country when they go out to clubs and are drunk...

[@T-C-G]

Why would high quality tourists go there, they don't have anything apart from Bars and beaches. Tenerife would bore me after 2 days.

[@anneduigan4933]

I think the Brits behaved very different in the 1890's than they do now. People have to remember they are ambassadors of their own countries and should uphold good behaviour when they go elsewhere.

[@stevenmcgowan3205]

Go to Cornwall and let the Spanish get new, better tourists 👍🇬🇧

[@myself6296]

Probably cheaper to go abroad than come here tbf.

[@paradisehub9382]

They can take some of our new arrivals if they want. According to lefties they are all high quality and enriching Britons.

[@Eekyellie]

I have experienced prejudice against British tourists in Tenerife about 10 years ago. I visited a very nice handbag shop, with a genuine interest in buying. When touching a bag I was shouted at and the shop owner professed not to understand English. Bizarrely, after a recession, I visited Tenerife again and went to the same shop where I was greeted warmly in English by the same man!

[@peterfisher9523]

What a load of bull

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

It’s true

[@tropics8407]

It is not the tourists fault…The hotels put in the activities, hire the party staff, free drinks nights, encourage the behavior and then complain ? 🤦‍♂️

[@AleksandarBarjaktarovic]

It's not the hotels complaining though, it's the locals.. The hotels, restaurants and bars make the money while the locals make nothing. Why do you think everything is so cheap? Because their wages are so poor. They are struggling with getting enough water as it's all being fed into the tourist areas. They are living in poverty so the visitors can live in luxury. Well and truly, they don't want to remove the tourism sector completely. They want it restructured so the locals can flourish as much as the visitors.

[@trytellingthetruth.2068]

When i was 22 and went to Magaluf with my 5 mates the last thing we were looking for was the culture. Everything was catered for young people, from clubs with young men and women trying to persuade you to go into the club they were promoting and get blind drunk, to restaurants selling full English breakfasts etc.

[@annephillips8494]

I remember Germans , Italians, pushing into a lift where we queued.TheTowels on the Loungers and all that.The Brits are a pain too. No one country is perfect.

[@nataliebutler]

I'm British and I'm embarrassed by British behaviour abroad.

[@Celtictribes]

I'm British & you embarrass me.

[@nataliebutler]

@@Celtictribes You're probably one of the badly behaved ones then!

[@iSLAM.IS.A.CULT1]

i'm british and am embarrassed by you welcoming the boats in with rapist cultures but think brits drinking is awful hahaha make it make sense

[@stevenmcgowan3205]

Why?...,, it’s not you doing it, Muslims don’t feel embarrassed when other Muslims commit terrorism.... have the same attitude 👍🇬🇧

[@markthacker9387]

Natalie butler, no you are not you are a lefty, using propaganda, to stop people from travelling, it's all ,BS .

[@Aloh-od3ef]

Sounds like.. We want your money. But we don’t have to deal with the consequences of being an international holiday destination.

[@Misspaulalondon]

True.

[@AleksandarBarjaktarovic]

Honestly deep down, it's not about the tourists themselves. It's about how the tourism sector is organized. The hotels, restaurants and bars make all the money while locals make pittance. Why is everything so cheap? Because the wages are so poor. Areas of the island are struggling to get water as it's all being fed into the tourism areas. The locals live in poverty so the visitors can live in luxury. The locals don't want to get rid of tourists. They want a restructuring of the whole sector so the locals can flourish just as well as visitors.

[@britishgass6947]

Why go where you’re not wanted. And if you’re not wanted you are the problem

[@paulmorgan3600]

So british are told we are not allowed to be proud to be British but abroad we must be respectful of that countrys patriot ways ?

[@user-cg3ni6ke5u]

British bacon, tea like mom makes, watneys bleedin red barrel. They turned it into little Britain what did they expect was going to happen.

[@johnstone4913]

This is a stupid discussion, blaming the local govt. for not having restrictions to control bad behavior.

[@trishacardus9063]

I agree as we have seen it for ourselves and their behaviour is a disgrace and embarrassing but on the other hand they spend their money every day and these locals take their money yes they misbehave but they are not the only ones plus they are on holiday as everyone knows Spain is the young ones destination so it works both ways

[@HubbaHubba64]

In 2022, the United Kingdom was the most important tourism source market for the Canary Island of Tenerife. Close to 2.3 million British tourists visited this Spanish island that year, roughly three times the number of Spanish tourists from the mainland. I hope the higher quality tourists will be happy to cover the lost revenue when the Brits stay away

[@petersmith5915]

British people spend far too much money abroad, its out of control, british tourists apparently spend 50 billion a year, think what it could do if it didnt leave the country imo.

[@chamberpot969]

Boycott it and they'll start to squeal.

[@Misspaulalondon]

Exactly!

[@countfosco8535]

In the end we are the ones who always squeal. Look at Brexit.

[@patmacist]

fine. britons take your money elsewhere. tenerife will lose out

[@LordGreavous]

well i wont be going back until the food standards go up, far too many getting food poisoning over there. too many illegal immigrants everywhere under bridges and sleeping on streets. violent crime has sky rocketed aswell as muggings. even staff at the 5 star hotels are now rude. if they want a higher standard maybe fix your place first.

[@samanthaostrowski6755]

STAY IN OUR BEAUTIFUL ENGLAND. IT'S THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. PEOPLE RISK THEIR LIVES ON SMALL BOATS TO COME HERE, I WONDER WHY.

[@paradisehub9382]

Benefits and to spread their peaceful ideology

[@KevinDunne-zc4or]

The old phrase, when in Rome do as the romans do, this can be implied in any part of the world, I went to tenerife on a stag weekend in 2019 and it was an excellent place there was no trouble ,

[@countfosco8535]

yeah right

[@steverobinson9763]

I wouldn't worry about it, looking at the news they have a new type of tourist and strangely they don't pay so yes, the comment from jcarr is spot on. "I've been there 3 times to refuel the plane?" Thanks Judith Chalmers, great recommendation.

[@kellykreqeli8924]

I stopped going over there about 3 years ago the bed sheets were not changed the towels and we had cockroaches and it cost us £2000 to go there And the people are rude but want our money There are better places to go for less money It’s not the only place to go on holiday and they will loss thousands so good luck with that

[@ianmorrison5474]

When I went on holiday to Malaga and also Tenerife the people were all kind and friendly.

[@palerider955]

Tough.

[@annablue7457]

Playa relies on young people, for their livelihood

[@Misspaulalondon]

True.

[@Dairy806]

I wonder why they’ve decided this now? I do understand why they would get fed up of people coming over and not being respectful. Its a tricky one because they obviously rely on the income.

[@Misspaulalondon]

They complain most years but then want them back next year!

[@londoncalling1757]

Brits pull out of tenerife the whole place will fold ..

[@CatherineDay-ps6md]

Maybe if you left your pool reading your magazine you will find Tenerife does have alot to see and to say Canarian people have no culture is a disgrace!

[@soniajordi8557]

You took the words out of my mouth! Tenerife is a beautiful island. Those that don't sit in the bars or by the pool all day might realise that!

[@songscoops4205]

Plenty of counterfeit goods on sale

[@countfosco8535]

did the beach traders con you

[@songscoops4205]

@@countfosco8535 don't buy tat..

[@songscoops4205]

​@@countfosco8535don't buy tat

[@Starkardur]

British tourists expect things like food like they have in the UK, Prices like they have in he UK or cheaper, if more expensive, then they will complain. Many are rude, don't take responsibility for things hey should be responsible for, don't listen. It's fascinating but can be equally frustrating. Americans have their flawes like any other nation but they are not like this. French are French but they are not like this. Germans are not like this. Scandinavians are not like this. My countrymen I can't stand most of the time act like this too and people are complaining about them in Tenerife as well but those are mostly the older crowds, the young crowd isn't like that like it's the case with the UK.

[@mickl8212]

Maybe they can protest about the pickpockets and the crime against tourists that's increasing on the island?

[@maryduffy2036]

Brits, take your money elsewhere 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Misspaulalondon]

Agreed.

[@etiennebaree6176]

:-) not only brits are going to tenerife :-)

[@ryansweeney1661]

When we promote the hate of our culture, no wonder others become more confident in hating us also

[@S-North]

Haha, the world is a big place with hundreds and hundreds of similar holiday destinations. Brits should go to other places and boost those economies.

[@Starkardur]

A lot of Brits are penny pinchers and they also don't want to go somewhere which is colder than the UK

[@georgetoland3007]

Import Islam you'll do fine they dont drink 😁

[@longshot8052]

of course we are behaving badly and anyone caught behaving that way should be band from going to Tenerife

[@etiennebaree6176]

in the ' 90 i went a few times for my work to wales and london.when the brits are drinking they becomes ....... :-)

[@daz2891]

At least Brits only go there for 2 weeks and dont stay for welfare and healthcare

[@AaRr-bn3xx]

Not all...

[@Bee-jl6eo]

Well, it seems that imperialism is coming back to haunt Britain. I think you easily forget that you went all over the world invading and stealing whatever you could from other countries. Now they’re coming to your island to collect what is owed. 😅

[@ChrisMurray-iw9ij]

Sounds like they want to leave the EU and close their borders

[@user-si5sk2hm2n]

Who ? Jack Nicholson or Jackson five ?😅

[@PaddyDoesasia-bj3bb]

No. They just want to close their border to brits

[@lindaayling1645]

Full o s....without our tourists ...their country would go under....MOAN MOAN MOAN...BLAH BLAH BLAH EVERYDAY

[@MsCoppery]

Paula do not come to Tenerife . Ever

[@sunseeker8457]

Tenerife does have a problem. I stay in Las Americas every year and the west coast is where the younger people are day and night. We have seen fights breaking out, chairs being thrown at each other. And in most cases it's Brits. Beer is cheap. But it's so weak and not the best quality. But at the same time. The local government are doing nothing about any problems like this. You don't see many police walking around the problem areas. The local people need to complain to their local government.

[@shinyjohn6568]

they were crying for tourists to come back after covid...the only thing teneruff can offer is cheap booze and a bit of sun.. its a boring little island

[@joaquindiaz4730]

I live in tenerife and i havent heard any complaint about brits tourists ,from where do they get this fake news

[@miller4866]

Ask the doctors and nurses who work at the hospital in Tenerife what they think of the British.

[@borntobewild8905]

Hmmm let's ask the British about our national health service becoming a free for all except for if you ACTUALLY WAS BORN HERE!

[@miller4866]

@borntobewild8905 What does that have to do with it?

[@borntobewild8905]

@@miller4866 The fact that you have the audacity to ask that questions says way more about you than it does me

[@miller4866]

@borntobewild8905 You said in your first comment the NHS is not free to British citizens which is totally not true !!!

[@miller4866]

@@borntobewild8905 You are talking utter Crap !!!!!

[@gazevans1038]

Tenerife has been happy to take money from Brits for many years though. If they didn't like it they should have banned them before and not took their money. Besides, if a country promotes itself as being "spectacular beaches and nightlife" it'll get tourists wanting nothing more than to sleep on the beach all day and get drunk and shouting until the early hours. Youngsters of all nationalities do that, not just Brits.

[@Celtictribes]

Don't talk shite boy...

[@Misfirefly]

Tenerife is horrible really horrible never going again it can fall in the sea for me

[@roncoots3800]

Try looking at how awful your average brits life is.... and they get 2 weeks..

[@carolynesimpson6070]

Tell them to go to MALIA.

[@Greyui45]

When are other Countries going to look at how their people act in Britain! Do they respect our Traditions and Customs/Values? Quite a lot dont and mis behave or do not follow our Laws! WHY IS EVERYBODY BRIT BASHING ?

[@borntobewild8905]

Because it's being encouraged world wide ...

[@lindaayling1645]

Culture respect....LETS START WITH OUR OWN....ALL YOU BROADCAST IS NEGATIVITY DAILY

[@monicatry1583]

The Brits are so needed in Spain. They spend more money, especially on coach excursions whether educational or fun, and also on merriment. Other nationalities do not do this. If the Brits avoid Spain then it increases Spanish unemployment. In the 60s when the UK had financial difficulties, Spain would devalue the peseta to keep Brits travelling. There are problems, for instance Tenerife, which can be corrected if the locals housing was considered. Stop building hotels for a while. Noise, young revellers, my suggestion is choose a quieter resort or choose a higher standard of hotel. Tenerife needs tourism so do go. The problem is government management.

[@DanB77]

I mean when covid hit they were crying for tourists to come bk

[@tymc2564]

Some Brits do behave badly abroad………not all though!

[@samsolomon6152]

What was that about the Spanish Armada?

[@arohanui922]

No one needs to be ‘grateful’ for British bad behaviour.

[@I-ww7hh]

Britian should be a little honest here.. Younger ones get drunk and destroy properties on vacations.

[@tastypymp1287]

What would you know of honesty?!

[@I-ww7hh]

@@tastypymp1287 Stupid reply mate.. Try harder.

[@tastypymp1287]

@@I-ww7hh Projection. Take your own advice.

[@joelaw5207]

What about all the blacks who harass the tourist trying to sell them sunglasses & belts. More annoying than a nest of wasps

[@Evemeister12]

keep crying about that, gammon

[@timfeeley6748]

If Tenerife doesn't want us Brits anymore then that's fine we should go somewhere where we are welcome.

[@Misspaulalondon]

Yes. We have lots more options these days..

[@AaRr-bn3xx]

In my experience, British people who are polite, behave civily and are respectful of the local culture are generally made very welcome where ever they go in the World...

[@xemnas9098]

Try Puerto Vallarta or Cozumel.

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

Blackpool?

[@sellingtowinselling3876]

Its the 3euro breakfast and euro pint bods or brits that sit in all inclusive hotels all day they are whinging about.i lived yhere for 10 years❤

[@S-North]

Odd how the Spanish have never mentioned the Brits 'not being welcome' at any time in the last 4 decades. It's almost as if they wanted British tourist money when those places were just starting as resort's. Brits, do the right thing and take your money elsewhere. Tenerife is naf anyway.

[@jamesquinn6662]

This has been an issue for years pal. Funny how the type who no doubt whinges about responsibility won't admonish his fellow countrymen for acting like belligerent drunken twats abroad

[@S-North]

@@jamesquinn6662 Haha, It's almost as if the Spanish wanted and encouraged those British 'belligerent drunken 2@'s' to spend their hard earned cash at those resorts. Though I guess you, being a belligerent 2@ yourself, would 'attempt' to 'argue' that they didn't want their cash at all.

[@francisjamesbrennan2034]

All most all the hotels in Tenerife were built by the Brits the economy depending on the Brit and as for as customs they have none, the south of Tenerife did not exist 50yare ago the people of the south of Tenerife are for the main land Spain and work in hospitality for a really bod wadge but that's not the fault of other who can bye home's and of course they are too take there home from the Brits cheap because Britain is not part of the European Union and it's just the British not the Germans because they do the same drink a lot but that's just fine it's for the economy

[@hopscotch30]

In South Africa we know British sports enthusiasts as people who take over the pubs, drink too much and start fights! They're called the British Bulldogs.

[@Celtictribes]

And in the UK we know that South Africa is a crime ridden shithole that can't even keep the lights on.

[@roncoots3800]

Really?..... lol

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[@dianeirvine7624]

Trouble is it’s cheaper and probably safer to go abroad , years ago this lot would be in Skegness or Blackpool

[@user-cc5lq5hm6r]

Classy people are not going to go to Tenerife?? Tenerife is expensive like £2,600 for 1 week levels of expensive for just 2 people. Flights are like £450-£650 each. Classy people are not going to go to Tenerife? Such a strange comment and an insult to the working class. You’ve just stated on national tv that working class people can not be classy. The working class guy who worked his butt off skimming the walls on your property (which was likely purchased with a deposit from your parents or grandparents) I consider to be way more classy than most middle-upper class people as he paid for his vacation with his own money, not trust fund money. Independence is way more classy than faking success.

[@Misspaulalondon]

I looked online and you can travel there for £325 per person which includes a 4 star hotel and flight.

[@petersmith5915]

How the hell does tenerifes sewage system cope with all that, sea must be badly polluted round there imo.

[@Shadow-92932]

Just boycott them guarantee they will cry for us to come back when they start going bankrupt

[@Misspaulalondon]

Exactly!

[@xemnas9098]

I no longer go there, now it’s Cancún, Cozumel or Acapulco.

[@Rufus100]

Plenty of other places to go in the world! F#ck em!

[@Misspaulalondon]

Agreed!

[@djjlc]

Lad and blokes are animals not humans

[@DanB77]

I go Tenerife all time i respect the cultures i do try to learn the language im British dont get me wrong id love to live there but not at the expense of the local makes us no better than the migrants that are coming here

[@saffronsolo9668]

If I were a local in Tenerife I would feel the same. A few people benefit money-wise but the majority do not.

[@gazevans1038]

Tenerife advertise for that type of tourist though. "spectacular beaches and nightlife" and "clubs opening at 10pm and stays open until 4-6am" doesn't really attract the higher quality/class of tourist. It's their own fault.

[@iLoveBeingDelusional4U]

Blimey it ain't reserved to Spain, how about going out to every inner towns and cities at the weekend, just the same behaviour. Coppers just stand there and watch..

[@tastypymp1287]

Boycott and go to the Algarve instead. Or Croatia, Greek islands etc. Plenty of alternatives. Unfortunately the Catalan/Basque types have taken over with their far left fanaticism. Let's be honest, the south coast of Spain isn't what it used to be.

[@TheWiseJames]

Tenerife is a lovely place with great food. Shame a lot of british people lack respect for other people, their is a lovely minority of brits who are faultless

[@iSLAM.IS.A.CULT1]

lol you mean the channel swimmers minority who the ldbtq333

[@borntobewild8905]

Remember people this is all about divide and conqueur personally i d love to see in person the so call people from teneriffe that are saying this as to be honest i have a feeling it osnt the indigenous folk ... Just a thought

[@user-tx9of3qo4j]

this has been going on for more than 40 years grow up in Spanriads

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

I think it's time to boycott Tenerife if we are not appriciated We can easily go somewhere else !

[@michaelmcburney4489]

Doesn't GB news ever get tired spewing bullshit?

[@seanpiper9823]

Frankly, I'm surprised that these poor creatures can afford to go on holiday there, as they moan about the cost of living crisis, and how their benefits won't stretch far enough at home!

[@davidhall1395]

Yes they are, but not everyone.. Have respect for the loveley Spanish people, but a lot of the locals sell the drink to the yob,s

[@beaker1068]

Click bait crap from a crap tv channel. Most people will get the issues the locals are facing, they are not after the Brit’s like this channel is spouting. Pricing out the locals is happening all over the world, look at places like Hawaii. People living on the beach etc. I personally love the Canary Islands and understand why they don’t want it to become another benidorm.

[@DavidMeikle-ei7fr]

The Tenerife clubs, pubs, cafes are grateful for the 'nasty Brits' cash I'm sure

[@Misspaulalondon]

Exactly!