▲ 238 ▼ Signs at Spanish beaches warn English-speaking tourists to stay away (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 87 comments fedilink hide all child comments The threat of rock falls, water contamination and jellyfish have been used to deter visitors from Mallorcan beaches
[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 16 points 3 years ago (3 children) Are you counting by individuals or by volume? (sorry) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] charlytune@mander.xyz 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) The tourism figures were for the totality of visitors to Spain, not to Mallorca specifically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] sab@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] charlytune@mander.xyz 1 point 3 years ago Ahhh ok that makes more sense. They probably tend to go to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago Lol but the gap is closing, US is 36 % obese and uk 27%. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nxfsi@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago Haha amerifat joke funny permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] charlytune@mander.xyz 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) The tourism figures were for the totality of visitors to Spain, not to Mallorca specifically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] sab@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] charlytune@mander.xyz 1 point 3 years ago Ahhh ok that makes more sense. They probably tend to go to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) The tourism figures were for the totality of visitors to Spain, not to Mallorca specifically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] sab@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] charlytune@mander.xyz 1 point 3 years ago Ahhh ok that makes more sense. They probably tend to go to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) The tourism figures were for the totality of visitors to Spain, not to Mallorca specifically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] sab@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] charlytune@mander.xyz 1 point 3 years ago Ahhh ok that makes more sense. They probably tend to go to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 1 point 3 years ago Ahhh ok that makes more sense. They probably tend to go to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago Lol but the gap is closing, US is 36 % obese and uk 27%. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago Haha amerifat joke funny permalink fedilink source parent