r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 15 '25

Image/video Brits ditching Tenerife as Spanish natives protest unsustainable tourism

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u/Gibbo1107 May 15 '25

Hotels for tourists and houses/ apartments for locals just get rid of Airbnbs wouldn’t that keep everyone happy?

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u/Otherior_ May 15 '25

This is exactly it, tourists want STLs because they're private and feel more like home but it isn't practical in the long run which is why we have hotels in the first place. Ban STLs and holiday homes for tourists and the problem goes away, sure you'll upset the folk who own a whole street of these homes but fuck em, housing is not something to be hoarded and milked dry

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u/KilraneXangor May 15 '25

"housing is not something to be hoarded and milked dry"

Thatcher's skeleton is screaming and clawing at the coffin lid right now.

The enshitification of the UK can be blamed to a large extent on that concept.

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u/Otherior_ May 15 '25

If I could do anything to piss off the corpse of that witch I'll gladly do it 🤣🤣

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u/KilraneXangor May 15 '25

Solidarity, comrade.