The tens of thousands of visitors who filled a popular beach on Monday have been replaced by a sea of litter.Bournemouth beach was packed with swimmers and sunbathers on the bank holiday as temperatures hit record-breaking heights, topping 34C elsewhere in the UK.On Tuesday, hundreds of plastic cups and bottles, beer cans, takeaway boxes, broken camping chairs, inflatable toys, and discarded barbecues were strewn across the beach.There are 300 bins along the seafront, but nearly all of them were overflowing with garbage on Tuesday.Bin bags were also piled on the pavement next to them.As well as ignoring advice to take litter home with them, some visitors also defied the laws about overnight camping on the beach.There is a local by-law that bans the practice of tourists pitching tents on the beach to avoid paying for hotel and B&B accommodation.Bournemouth beach is covered in rubbish after the bank holiday weekend (BNPS)However, on Tuesday morning, there were more than 20 tents of all shapes and sizes on the sand.Other visitors did not bother sleeping under canvas and spent the night on sunbeds, using their towels as blankets.Their sleep was interrupted by BCP Council's team of beach cleaners, who used tractors to sweep up the tonnes of litter.Jon Kelly, a senior Bournemouth ranger, said: “If there was no staff there would be loads of rubbish left on the beach.“Across Sandbanks and Bournemouth there is 300 bins, sometimes that is not enough.“Andrew Wood, BCP Council seafront operations manager, likened the operation to cleaning up after a music festival.But local residents have voiced their anger at the sorry state of the beach was left in.Jane Nicholas said: “It's a disgrace. They should take a bin bag and take it home with them.”Elaine Cornford said: “What happened to ‘take the rubbish home’? It's lighter than when you brought it.”The bins at Bournemouth beach are overflowing (BNPS)Environmentalist Oly Rush, 41, said he had been out doing a clean-up at Sandbanks beach on Tuesday morning and that the state of it was “horrendous”.“The sad reality is we expect this whenever the weather is nice, especially on a sunny Bank Holiday weekend,” the Poole man said.“This happens time and time again and I am rather despondent.“It is difficult to stop. You could issue fines but who is going to implement them and be kept safe doing so.“People come down when the sun comes out and treat the beach like a festival ground, thinking that the council will clear up their mess in the morning.“It shows a lack of respect for the planet.”Empty drink cans and cups have been left at the beach (Bournemouth Echo/BNPS)Jane O'Connor commented: “I sometimes wonder what the reaction would be if the beach was left for a week or so. Would people still walk on it, organise their own clean-ups or just sit in the middle of it all?“Has the assumption that they will be cleaned up after stopped people from even noticing how they are treating public spaces I wonder?”The resort was gridlocked over the weekend, with cars left on double yellow lines, grass verges, roundabouts and across driveways.“It was heaving the whole weekend,” BH Area Hospitality Association chair Rosie Radwell said.“The roads were gridlocked and people parked right, left and centre. It is such a shame.“People just drive straight for the beach and try and park as close as they can yet there are town centre car parks with spaces. Maybe there could be better signage pointing them to those.”