Málaga, in the hugely popular Costa del Sol in the south of Spain, is fed up with tourists and locals have resorted to sticking unfriendly stickers to show their displeasure with the situation. Tourist apartments and buildings are carrying angry words such as “stinks of tourists,” “this used to be my home,” and “go f—ing home”.

It kicked-off when a local bar owner, Dani Drunko,  made anti-tourism stickers after his landlord refused to negotiate the rent or sell him the home he had been living in for 10 years. Like many others, it was adapted into a tourist rental. He posted these stickers on apartment buildings and now they’re seen all over the city center, as well as on residential buildings with self-check-in lockboxes for tourists.

I have to admit that I feel pangs of guilt when I read these stories, Although I only visited Malaga once, and that was for just one day more than a decade ago, I certainly contributed to the overtourism problem. On the other hand, if we all stop traveling and stay home, millions of jobs will be lost in the tourism industry. Regarding the housing issue, it might help if we went back to staying in hotels, hostels, and B and Bs, rather than short term homestays such as Airbnb. What’s you’re take on the problem ?