Brits are told to 'go home' as anti-tourist graffiti appears in another Spanish ... trends now Furious locals have demanded that British holidaymakers 'go home' as anti-tourist graffiti has appeared in another Spanish holiday hot spot. 'Go Home Tourist' has been scrawled in English over a wall underneath a real estate promotion billboard in Nou Llevant, Mallorca, a neighbourhood that has seen a massive influx of foreign buyers over the past few years. Nou Llevant, located five minutes from Playa de Palma and billed as a smaller version of San Francisco's Silicon Valley, has undergone a massive transformation with most new properties being snapped up by Germans. The graffiti in Nou Llevant is just the latest demonstration against tourist with thousands of people having protested in Tenerife, Canary Islands on Saturday to demand the government temporarily limit tourist arrivals. Residents in Mallorca are echoing some of the same complaints that protestors in the Canary Islands have been making, claiming that the boom in short-term holiday rentals is driving up housing costs for locals. 'Go Home Tourist' has been scrawled in English over a wall underneath a real estate promotion billboard in Nou Llevant, Mallorca, a neighbourhood that has seen a massive influx of foreign buyers over the past few years Nou Llevant, located five minutes from Playa de Palma and billed as a smaller version of San Francisco's Silicon Valley, has undergone a massive transformation with most new properties being snapped up by Germans Thousands of residents protested in Tenerife, Canary Islands on Saturday to demand the government temporarily limit tourist arrivals The thousands of demonstrators in Tenerife joined the protests under the slogan: 'The Canary Islands have a limit' Overnight pictures of the anti-tourist graffiti were published by local press, less than a month after similar messages appeared in southern Tenerife. No-one is yet claiming responsibility for the graffiti which appeared in a road called Avinguda de Mexic opposite a recently-completed new apartment complex. Island newspaper Diario de Mallorca described it as the first example of tourism-phobia in Nou Llevant, and said it was targeted at the neighbourhood's 'new foreign residents.' In the last four years more than 750 apartments worth up to €2.5million (£2million) have been built there. Around 70 per cent of the properties are said to have been snapped up by foreigners, mainly Germans. One Spanish woman interviewed under a fictitious name in a Majorcan paper last year complained it was difficult to communicate with neighbours because most only spoke German and the majority of apartments where she lived were being purchased as holiday homes or rental investment properties. Other locals have alleged that code-operated key lock boxes have appeared on many of the entrances of new apartment blocks. Nou Llevant was talked about as a little Silicon Valley before its transformation began. A councillor in the Majorcan capital Palma, which the neighbourhood forms part of, said the council sought a 'co-existence' between the residential area and technology or renewable energy companies, so that employees could also live there. Opposition politicians rubbished the idea, saying it was a residential area for the wealthy and a magnet for foreign investors with a lack of much-needed social housing linked to local incomes. housands of people demonstrate against tourism policies on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain on April 20, 2024 Campaigners have been quick to distance themselves from anti-tourist graffiti which appeared on walls and benches in and around Palm Mar in southern Tenerife at the start of the month The islands are threatened by sea pollution, traffic gridlock and lack of cheap affordable housing linked to the pushing-up of property prices because of Airbnb-style holiday lets Flyers like this slamming holidaymakers are being stuck to buildings all over Tenerife Protesters flood the streets of Tenerife on Saturday, calling on local authorities to temporarily limit visitor numbers to alleviate pressure on the islands' environment, infrastructure and housing stock, and put curbs on property purchases by foreigners People on a hunger strike sit in wheelchairs during a demonstration for a change in the tourism model in the Canary Islands, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, April 20, 2024