A popular sunny British holiday destination is experiencing “social and environmental collapse” due to huge tourist numbers, residents say.

local people are Canary Islands Due to skyrocketing housing prices, people are “living in their cars and even in caves.” Now they are preparing to protest.

Spanish island group located in Africavery popular with Britons, with nearly 5 million people traveling by air last year.

But now local groups are mobilizing and planning a protest on April 20.

Organizers claim one of the islands is “collapsed socially and environmentally” because it cannot cope with the number of visitors.

A recent report from environmental group Ecologists in Action warned that tourism in the Canary Islands is “unsustainable”.

Although tourism sets new records year after year, generating millions of euros in revenue for the industry, nearly 34% of the local population – nearly 800,000 people – are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, the report said.

The statement added: “Next Saturday, April 20, we will take to the streets to once again demand common sense; to control a situation that is suffocating us and expelling us from our own territory.”

There have also been reports of locals putting up fake “no overcrowding signs” to discourage tourists.

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Ivan Cerdena Molina, who helped organize the protest, told local news outlet The Olive Press: “We are not against individual tourists, but the industry is evolving, So many resources were consumed that the island could not cope.

“This is a crisis and we must urgently change the situation, where people are living in cars and even in caves, and locals cannot eat, drink or live well.”

Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo urged activists to “use common sense”.

“What we cannot do is attack our main source of jobs and wealth because that would be irresponsible,” he told local media.