Holidaymakers found themselves having to hide in hotels as a wave of anti-tourism protests swept through the Canary Islands.

THOUSANDS have flooded the streets of the Canary Islands in Spain’s third wave of protests against overtourism this year.

Canary Islands locals say tourism is important, but the volume is "crushing" them. Spain expects more visitors this year than last year's record high.

However, locals are becoming increasingly frustrated with high tourism numbers. Thousands of protestors took to the streets ...

Residents of Spain ’s Canary Islands have taken to the streets to protest against mass tourism, in a huge demonstration set ...

Thousands of Canary Islanders took to the streets yesterday in protest over tourism in the region. In Tenerife, one local ...

Tourism protests have been held in the Canary Islands which are popular with Brits ahead of the summer season as organisers ...

Demonstrators are getting ready to flock to the streets en masse, calling for huge reform to the Canary Island's tourism ...

Residents of the Canary Islands are protesting against the current tourism model that they say has priced them out of housing ...

Demonstrators took to the streets in the European Union holiday hotspots - and beaches across Spain - on Sunday May 18.