In this week’s Inside Spain we look at how Spain is once again fighting back against another summer of badly behaved tourists, with heightened tensions in the context of the country's housing crisis and its links to overtourism.
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Updated: Sat 27 Jun 2026 12:06 CET
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Drunk tourists in Punta Ballena street in Magaluf, one of the epicentres of booze tourism in Spain. (Photo by JAIME REINA / AFP)
In this week’s Inside Spain we look at how Spain is once again fighting back against another summer of badly behaved tourists, with heightened tensions in the context of the country's housing crisis and its links to overtourism.
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