Exclusive: Anti-tourism graffiti brands tourists a ‘plague’ in Spain’s Sevilla as locals mock British visitors who had water thrown on their heads

NEW ‘anti-tourism’ graffiti in Sevilla has branded holidaymakers a ‘plague’ just days after British visitors were doused with water while enjoying a tour guide through the city centre.

The offensive scribbling was pictured in the central neighbourhood of Santa Catalina on Sunday.

It read: “Tourist = plague… go home.”

It comes after anti-tourism activist group Sevilla Se Muere compared visitors to rats this week after it emerged a park had been closed due an infestation of the rodents.

The group tweeted an AI image of a rat towering over the famous Giralda tower in the heart of the Andalucian capital.

They wrote: “Will a special commission be created for coexistence between rats and tourists who come to Sevilla?”

Earlier in August, British tourists, including a teenager, were left in tears when they had water doused on their heads while enjoying a tour guide through the centre of the city.

Reacting to the news on X, one local said: “They should be thankful it was water. I’m coming up with a system that, if it works out well, I’ll patent: a urine and feces cannon.”

Another wrote: “Get your water guns ready, we’re going out to the streets to take back what’s ours, after the guiris!”

One added: “It’s usually the British who jump off the balcony into the water…”, while another said: “I’m sure they deserved it, we are pretty fed up.”

However many were against the aggressive action, with one saying: “Seriously, Sevilla? Is this what we want to show the world?

“We have to stop this wave of #TurismoFobia . Respect and tolerance always!”

Mercedes Miguez, a tour guide of 25 years, was present when the water was thrown on the Brits.

She told the Olive Press: “It just happened, somebody I couldn’t see through water from a balcony.

“The family , especially the mother was completely afraid. I told her not to worry but she started crying.

“I felt so bad, I’ve been working as a tourist guide for almost 25 years and I have never seen such a reaction from a local.

“Sevillana people are friendly and used to seeing tourists, but this is a new movement growing on social media.”

She added:”I apologised and gave her my fan. I promised her I was going to to everything I could to find out who threw the water.”