British holidaymakers travelling to popular European destinations have been warned to be vigilant after a militant organisation protesting against mass tourism promised fresh attacks. The leader of a group of Spanish anarchists accused the travel industry yesterday of “destroying” Barcelona and the Balearic islands and vowed direct action. Travel operators said that the protests could escalate and pose a risk to holidaymakers. This week British tourists on a sightseeing trip in Barcelona thought that they had been ambushed by terrorists when masked men attacked their open-top bus. The same group then burst the tyres of bicycles rented by tourists and smashed windows in five-star hotels.

Source: The Times August 04, 2017 23:02 UTC