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I'm currently in Lanzarote - Costa Teguise - to be precise, and with reference to the highly offensive and rude lady Mayor, who has indicated, née stated, she would like to curb the British population from invading her Island on "cheap bargain " holidays in favour of our "more high end" German, Italian & French neighbours, I would be delighted to hold court with such lady and impart a few home truths to her over inflated ego and warped thoughts that hoteliers, restaurant and bar owners, leisure trip promoters, taxi drivers and everyone else involved in the tourism industry would agree with her !!!
During our time here, we have been made to feel extremely welcome in the hotel in which we are staying, by all staff and positively welcomed in every restaurant, bar and taxi we have entered.
At our time of life we are fortunate, having worked hard all our lives, to be able to afford more expensive " luxury" hotels, on our travels, ( not always the case when our children were young)but still choose not to go all inclusive, so that we may explore the area and sample local restaurants and bars, using taxis majority of the time, to ensure we contribute to the country's tourist economy.
I admit to enjoying a cheap pint ( who doesn't) but also enjoy an expensive bottle of wine with a lovely meal and a refined gin & tonic or 3 in the evening
I also enjoy watching football and do own football shirts but am not in any way " a drunken English football lout" which Spain and its Islands seems intent on banishing from their shores!
Do Spain, Germany, Italy and France not have their own problems with football type drunken hooligans or is that the media trying to hoodwink us into believing it is only a British Problem
Our current hotel has a mixture of British, Irish, Spanish, German and French guests - Guess who the All Inclusive guests are? Certainly not the British and Irish and not because we cannot afford it ( only a couple hundred pounds difference to Half Board) So the Germans and French sit by the pool each day only venturing as far as the restaurant and bar, whilst we are out enjoying and exploring the island spending money.
Additionally, sitting in a Restaurant Bar last night, which was maybe half full, we noted that probably 80% were British, eating, drinking alcohol and causing no problems whatsoever.
A few Spanish with a bottle of water on their table all night long and a few Other Europeans hugging a half of lager!
The owner actually sat with us, thanked us for our custom and said without the British coming to Lanzarote , his business, along with many others would fold, as other Europeans do not spend money like the British do!
Given that in 2019, Lanzarote welcomed 1.3 million British Tourists , compared with 300,000 Germans and 115,000 French, I would say Lady Mayor, Be very careful what you wish for!!
The day I do not feel welcome in Lanzarote any more is the day I stop coming.
There is a whole world out there where I expect my money would be made welcome
I'm currently in Lanzarote - Costa Teguise - to be precise, and with reference to the highly offensive and rude lady Mayor, who has indicated, née stated, she would like to curb the British population from invading her Island on "cheap bargain " holidays in favour of our "more high end" German, Italian & French neighbours, I would be delighted to hold court with such lady and impart a few home truths to her over inflated ego and warped thoughts that hoteliers, restaurant and bar owners, leisure trip promoters, taxi drivers and everyone else involved in the tourism industry would agree with her !!!
During our time here, we have been made to feel extremely welcome in the hotel in which we are staying, by all staff and positively welcomed in every restaurant, bar and taxi we have entered.
At our time of life we are fortunate, having worked hard all our lives, to be able to afford more expensive " luxury" hotels, on our travels, ( not always the case when our children were young)but still choose not to go all inclusive, so that we may explore the area and sample local restaurants and bars, using taxis majority of the time, to ensure we contribute to the country's tourist economy.
I admit to enjoying a cheap pint ( who doesn't) but also enjoy an expensive bottle of wine with a lovely meal and a refined gin & tonic or 3 in the evening
I also enjoy watching football and do own football shirts but am not in any way " a drunken English football lout" which Spain and its Islands seems intent on banishing from their shores!
Do Spain, Germany, Italy and France not have their own problems with football type drunken hooligans or is that the media trying to hoodwink us into believing it is only a British Problem
Our current hotel has a mixture of British, Irish, Spanish, German and French guests - Guess who the All Inclusive guests are? Certainly not the British and Irish and not because we cannot afford it ( only a couple hundred pounds difference to Half Board) So the Germans and French sit by the pool each day only venturing as far as the restaurant and bar, whilst we are out enjoying and exploring the island spending money.
Additionally, sitting in a Restaurant Bar last night, which was maybe half full, we noted that probably 80% were British, eating, drinking alcohol and causing no problems whatsoever.
A few Spanish with a bottle of water on their table all night long and a few Other Europeans hugging a half of lager!
The owner actually sat with us, thanked us for our custom and said without the British coming to Lanzarote , his business, along with many others would fold, as other Europeans do not spend money like the British do!
Given that in 2019, Lanzarote welcomed 1.3 million British Tourists , compared with 300,000 Germans and 115,000 French, I would say Lady Mayor, Be very careful what you wish for!!
The day I do not feel welcome in Lanzarote any more is the day I stop coming.
There is a whole world out there where I expect my money would be made welcome
