People who live along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain say the city can't cope with the huge number of visitors each year and with a rise in bad behaviour there is growing resentment among the locals
People who live along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain say the city can't cope with the huge number of visitors each year and with a rise in bad behaviour there is growing resentment among the localsMADRID – It is one of the most famous pilgrimages in the world, but long-suffering residents along the route of theIn 2023, more than 442,000 people made the pilgrimage, following the yellow shell signs that are the symbol of St James.
Adrian McManus, a Briton who has lived in the Galicia region for the past 33 years and runs a wine tourism company, told told“Some were climbing on the cathedral and getting in the fountains. There is growing resentment among the locals. It is out of control.”Mr McManus, 63, originally from Peterborough, said there was an uneasy relationship between those who depend on tourism and residents.
Emily Smith, a British tourist who walked the Camino de Santiago, said the city was over-crowded but ‘special’
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