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Signs at Spanish beaches warn English-speaking tourists to stay away (www.independent.co.uk)

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The threat of rock falls, water contamination and jellyfish have been used to deter visitors from Mallorcan beaches

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are you counting by individuals or by volume?

(sorry)

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Spain

No worries. There’s a chart on the Wikipedia page above. The U.K. boasts over 18 million tourists per year while the U.S. is just over 3 million.

[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm surprised there's that many Americans tbh, I wouldn't have thought it would be on their radar, I think of Mallorca as a package holiday destination for Western Europeans.

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The tourism figures were for the totality of visitors to Spain, not to Mallorca specifically.

[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Ahhh ok that makes more sense. They probably tend to go to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada etc.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Lol but the gap is closing, US is 36 % obese and uk 27%.

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

Haha amerifat joke funny