Fights on Snowdon, car wars in the Peak District and 'idiot tourists' in ... trends now

Fuming British locals are hitting back against tourists and Instagrammers who are descending on popular destinations and wreaking chaos -  including fights on Snowdown and car wars in Cornwall.

Residents are publicly shaming 'staycationers' and social media 'influencers' leaving mountains of rubbish at beauty spots while posting footage of their antics online.

Volunteers have been sharing footage of their efforts to strike back, with examples such as an abandoned coal mine in Wales and 'idiot tourists' - while there were also filmed arguments over alleged 'queue-jumping' in Snowdonia.

The complaints come as fed-up residents in the Canary Islands in Spain launched protests demanding a crackdown on British holidaymakers - with graffiti appearing on walls saying: 'Tourists go home.'

 MailOnline revealed yesterday how UK visitors were responding by daubing their own messages, including one reading: 'F*** off, we pay your wages.'

There was also a 10 per cent surge in Tenerife bookings despite the local backlash.

But staycationers travelling across Britain for holiday breaks are also under fire. 

Fuming locals living near Snowdon hit out as Easter tourists saw their cars being towed by police after parking illegally and clogging up the Welsh attraction, while there were also scuffles as queues snaked up the mountain.

Photos shared online showed a lengthy line of hikers heading towards the summit of England and Wales' highest peak last weekend.

Others revealed illegally-parked cars blocking pavements before police towed many of them away, with trucks pulling unwanted vehicles from the snaking country roads.

North Wales Police said 29 vehicles parked near Llyn Ogwen and another nine in Pen y Pass at the bottom of Snowdon were removed on Good Friday.

Snowdonia is the largest National Park in Wales, attracting 4million visitors each year - and the crowds were especially intense this past Bank Holiday weekend.

Traffic Wales said the A5 was closed near Ogwen Cottage outdoor pursuits centre on due to the vast number of cars needing to be towed.

The force posted on X, formerly Twitter, a picture of vehicles parked on both sides of a narrow mountain road - urging: 'Please park responsibly on the roads and avoid obstructing emergency vehicles. Blocking their way could lead to serious consequences.

'Let's be considerate of our fellow road users in need and make way for emergency services. Your cooperation can save lives!'

An angry local has shared a TikTok video with the words: 'Idiot tourists showing up in Snowdonia again! How some people get through life is beyond me.'

There were also disputes among people queuing on the mountain, with one TikToker sharing footage and saying: 'There is no allocated queue for Snowdon. 

'People choose to queue of their own accord. There is no one telling you that you have to queue.

'People think it's really against the rules to join an imaginary queue. It's not Thorpe Park, it's a mountain.' 

Another shared photos of a woman accused of disrespecting the Stonehenge monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.

The witness wrote: 'You're not supposed to approach or touch Stonehenge, but this woman walked over the fence and proceeded to touch it while blatantly ignoring workers and security demanding she stop.' 

One of Britain's most popular beauty spots was described as 'almost impassable'  after coastal erosion buried the only access to the beach at Durdle Door in Dorset.

There was also criticism about cars clogging the Peak District, with one TikToker posting: 'Crazy Peak District traffic today! Cars everywhere.'

The clip received more than 44,700 likes on TikTok and photos of the traffic backlog caused outrage on local Facebook groups.  

One person wrote: 'I am afraid that it has all gone too far. The main aim of the National Park was conservation of countryside and wildlife and encouraging people to respect and enjoy nature. 

'I don't think that remit covered leaving dirty nappies and litter and just generally slobbing about with their chips and beer.

'If this is helping local business they can stick it. A cafe or shop can only cope with so many people not hoards who will be just as happy in Blackpool.' 

Elsewhere, there have been complaints about rubbish dumped at the abandoned 19th-century Gaewern slate mine near Corris Uchaf in Gwynedd, south Wales.

Volunteer Anthony Taylor blamed wannabe social media stars for 'killing' the historic mine - which closed in the 1970s - by littering it with plastic bags, inflatable dinghies and even human excrement.

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