Spain is a wildly popular destination for Brits seeking sun and sand, but the way locals feel about the throngs of tourists may be an entirely different matter.
Holidaymakers from the UK have picked up quite a reputation abroad. In Amsterdam, British visitors have been told to stay away in a recent advert designed to discourage "nuisance tourists".
Moving over to Spain, British tourists can be known as 'guiri' - a term used to describe tourists of a certain ilk. These visitors can be known to make merry with the help of some alcohol - and the offensiveness of the term can vary.
According to The Mirror, a 'guiri' is derived from a term describing the Basque word of 'guiri', which means 'blonde' or 'fair-skinned'. Its origins are argued to go back to a Hindi word used by the Indian diaspora to describe white people.
Today in Spain, guiri typically refers to a white person who is paler than most Spaniards. The term can also used to describe some unflattering characteristics.
Another possible route of the word originates in the mid-19th century Carlist Wars when Basque speakers called their enemies 'guiristino' - after the regent Queen María Cristina.
Leah Pattem, a journalist who spends a lot of time in Spain, argues that the term is offensive.
"A guiri is also categorised as naïve and/or ignorant, trapped in their own culture due to refusal or inability to integrate," she wrote.
"They will dress wrong, be sunburnt and generally look hot and bothered.
"Most Spaniards will argue that the word guiri is not offensive, but it undeniably makes sweeping assumptions about a person based on either their appearance, their nationality, or their behaviour."
It comes as some holiday hotspots in the country move to reduce the number of 'guiri' visiting.
Leaders in Lanzarote, one of the Canary islands, are hoping to declare the island "saturated" and aim for a tourist decline to "guarantee the future of generations to come."
Part of the new strategy will be to become less dependent on Brits who currently account for more than half of holiday numbers.
Lanzarote, which has just over 151,000 inhabitants, received 2.5 million tourists until November 2022 - 17 times its population.
Now, the Island Council has advanced the idea of declaring itself a "tourist-saturated area" and claims that the idea enjoys "a broad social consensus".
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