Spain update - BANKRUPT?
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- Spain update and Spain's postal service, Correos, is said to be almost bankrupt and the government will inject 3 billions euros to keep it afloat.
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Loud obnoxious, drunk, loutish behaviour is what turns the locals against tourists. All the deplorable antics that they dont dare do at home, they do in Spain, this has been the case since I was a child living in Barcelona, and it seems never to have changed. You can´t blame people for being fed up.
@siddislikesgoogle The obnoxious, loutish local kids who deface Barcelona along with other otherwise beautiful Spanish cities is one major reason I didn’t return.
Brits in Spain ... Aussies in Bali
.. I am both and ashamed on both accounts
@@galahad6001 You’re lumping together the beach and beer crowd, with the culture vultures. They’re quite different.
@@anthonyferris8912 agreed
And who left Barcelona’s beaches looking like a bomb had hit it after San Juan? It wasn’t tourists. Young Catalans cause a fair amount of drunken chaos but it just gets blamed on foreigners. During Covid they were having parties on the beach too!
Also it isn’t tourists robbing people in broad daylight or cutting people’s throats. Barcelona has far bigger problems than the odd drunken stag do that they should deal with. But they choose to go for an easy target.
Now Magaluf I understand. Drunken louts rule there and I see why Mallorcans protest. But Barcelona needs to get a grip!
In Mazarro if you live in a villa you do not get post delivered you have to make trips to the local correos office. If you live in an apartment they deliver.?? This has been going on for over 5 years correos are a shambles
Even in the centre of Madrid the post comes once every couple of weeks although you do see the postmen making deliveries for special letters regularly
@jmw950 yes that's true but they also deliver for amazon seems they only deliver when it's above the minimum stamp in uk this would be illegal
The postal services sound very familiar to the uk postal service.
It's had the guts taken out of it .
I E .
Asset stripped.
All the bosses are on big. bucks .
And no one's accountable for the
Purse. strings .
Typical corruption
So the % of tourist property in Spain is actually, for the ost part, tiny....and yet the locals are being anti-tourist. Be careful what you wish for. Maybe turn your anger towards your Politicians.
Another 3-Billion Euros down the drain…oh dear, oh dear.
Hola, Stu. Thanks for the great videos all the time. It must be a lot of work and I think we all greatly appreciate it. I've been stewing on a response to this anti-tourist/kill the Golden Visa issue (yes, I believe they are interrelated), and I think everything I would want to say would take a long-form essay or blog post -- not appropriate for here. But at least two thoughts:
1. I first visited Spain as a pilgrim on the Camino Frances in 2018, and have been back as often as I can, repeatedly, ever since. I had always gravitated to the north and central areas -- and in fact spent an extended amount of time taking intensive Spanish in Caceres last year. We hope to move to Caceres as soon as we can. With that said, I have yet to visit the Med coast cities and only been to Barna twice for very short trips, and .... uh... yeah. It's beautiful BUT there are SO MANY TOURISTS. It's unlike anything I had seen in any other part of the country, including San Fermin in 2019 and Semana Santa in Leon in 2023. In Barna, no one is speaking Spanish nor do they want you to even try (a friendly bartender told me last December that it's because no one has time to wait for a non-Spanish speaker to order what they want in the language). It just doesn't feel like Spain or even like Catalonia -- Barna, to me, is one giant Spanish-themed amusment park for non-Spanish speaking tourists. I am going back with a friend to Spain for her retirement trip in October and, you guessed it, Barna is top on her list. I'm actually dreading it but the payoff is she also chose some amazing places in Castile y Leon and Caceres.
2. Mobility scooters: probably because I follow you, James & Yolly, Viajando a Nuestro Aire, RTVE, El Pais, etc, the algorithms keep pushing a British show at me called "Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun" (I'm looking at it right now as a suggested "next video"). It's like a fascinating train wreck to watch. It's clear that through the lens of this show, the mobility scooters are mostly for play, like renting a bicycle in any other beach resort town. Also, that show confirms for me that the coast is not my cup of tea. I don't blame locals for taking their frustrations to the street. Most of the tourists interviewed admit they don't know any Spanish other than "hola" but they proudly declare that they don't need to know the language -- everyone is British in the community so why bother? Ayiyi. I'll stick with the central and northern parts of the country until we move there, then visit the coasts in the dead of winter. We're from Seattle, we're used to going to the beach when it's cold.
Sorry this comment is so long. I could write 10x more (my thoughts on real estate, housing crisis, and the visas -- oh my!).
Nice perspective to read...interesting about the mobility scooters - never considered they would be used like hiring a 'posh" bike. Nevertheless using them like this is inappropriate and obviously leading to other problems
@@jmw950 Thanks. And to be clear, my #2 point is just from watching a few episodes of that “Bargain Brits” show that TH-cam keeps putting in front of me. My response is to what those tv producers chose to show. I’ve never been to Benidorm before (nor do I have any desire to as a tourist - maybe later in the off season as an expat).
Regarding mobility scooters not all disabilities are obvious , i have friend who looks fit and healthy but needs a mobility scooter as he has a spinal problem stopping him from standing up straight and walking for long periods
But why do so many people from the UK need them compared to other countries?
I’ve had run ins with locals (they crashed into my car) & as soon as they hear your not Spanish they tell you to go back to your own country. But I have also seen them tell people from the next village to go back to their own towns, during festivals… they’re a complicated bunch!
Nepotism in Correos (the guy is a friend of Pedro Sánchez) cost us the Spaniards 3 billion euros. Brilliant!i
We are visiting the Mediterranean from the US this fall. Out of respect for the wishes of the Spanish people we are not visiting Spain. Not being snarky or petty. We totally get it that some cities are simply overran with tourists.
Sanshes is a wef puppet
Hi Stuart, On the topic of mobility scooters you are right people hire them just as a means of getting around and have no disability. I have seen this in Benidorm and Tenerife. Of course, some people genuinely need them.
Puigdemont is also having big problems in Catalonia. He wanted to organise a big event in the Perpignan area. He had to back out as there doesn't seem to be Junts members ready to go there. Junts is the 5th party in Catalonia which proves that he is having a tantrum but he should be careful as he might be pushed out. Who knows?
The government's in all those places were happy to take the ta taxes from those that bought the house's and apartments.
If u don't go they've more room for immigrants
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Thank you for the update,
Stuart 😊
If the anti-tourism movement "spills over" to the anti-foreigner movement please call it what it is: Xenophobia.
..and there are laws to report this
The real issue with mobility scooters is risk-free alcohol consumption. As far as I know, you cannot be breathalized or found drunk in charge of a scooter!
Well you'd find out pretty sharpish that you would be wrong then, and a little poorer to boot! Since 2019 you can be tested and if found to be over the limit get a 500-1,000€ fine, automatic 1000€ if any drugs are found. You can also get fined for using a mobile phone, wearing headphones, riding in pedestrian areas, carrying a passenger! All up on the DGT, just search "Nueva instrucción de la DGT sobre patinetes"
@KantomirdesAnd what they are gonna take away from you, if you even don’t have a license?
@marcind4644 yes it's ridiculous really! It's not even just about being drunk as the number of accidents caused by electric scooters and bikes because they don't go by the rules of the road must be pretty high.
@@marcind4644 1000€
Correos, what nightmare service. The amount of time items posted to me get robbed and disappear. I now refuse items to be sent by them(esp from the uk), the service is shockingly slow and appeals process is like pulling teeth. Let it go into liquidation and start again. No wonder competition is thriving..
Some expats may remember in the UK going back many years the post office delivered twice a day... Lucky if you get one delivery now according to friends in the UK... Thats why I prefer the post office here in cuenca... Tony cuenca
On islands like Lanzarote or Fuerteventura if no tourists had holiday homes there or went there on holiday there would be lots of homes for the Spanish BUT with no tourism what jobs would they be doing ????
there are other activities not related to tourism. Spaniards don't want to be waiters !!!
@jmcr1963
I apologise . I did not realise Lanzarote has a thriving financial or manufacturing base. Then fine the thousands of workers needed for those industries not related to tourism could take over the hotels.
I do remember being on Mallorca some years back and being told there that only 3% of the locals worked at hotels . All the rest came in from the mainland to work at hotels every year.
Just have been hard for them to leave their high paying jobs on the mainland each year for 6 months to work in the tourist industry !!
The anti-tourism protestors argue (correctly) that large companies are making good profits from tourism, and (rightly) complain that this revenue is NOT finding it's way, via taxes and grants, to local communities housing initiatives.
(The old "trickle down" lies we've all heard before. Money does NOT trickle down, it flows offshore ...)
The protestors utterly illogical response of attacking tourists is nonsensical - why are they not complaining to the politicians (and developers) who are responsible for housing and taxation?
El Gobierno has HUGE tax revenues (not just from tourism) and there is plenty of land and countless derelict properties in Spain - where are the new houses? Where are the renovations?
A large percentage of Spanish politicians need their bank accounts checking ... start with the Minister of Housing (Isabel Rodríguez García) and ask on what the annual budget 3.5 ***BILLION*** Euros gets spent?
The protestors will work it out soon ... then the "fun" REALLY starts ...
No country uses mobility scooters at the rate of the UK. This is due to poor attitudes to health and subsequent issues such as obesity. We should not expect people to put up with this 'export'.
What about the thousands of Spanish tourists from inland Spain taking their holidays on the coast. They also hire apartments, but don't leave as much money. Tourists are tourists and bringing up only foreign tourists is a bit racist or discriminatory.
I've lived there and seen them bring a ton of food with them. Not spending much money.
Tourism was developed with locals in Spain. It's not true that foreigners spend more money than locals. It's just not true.
@@jmcr1963 some data to back up your claim would be nice.
@@anthonyferris8912 they appear to be demonstrating against foreign tourists so that is where the beef is. It is also well documented through media that foreign tourists leave a substantial amount of revenue. It is the Spanish that let their properties in town centres that rake in the money.long turn let's only available from Sept to June. Example. Santa Polo Alicante. Ghost town in the winter cant move in the summer all second homes and apartments filled to the brim mainly Spanish from Madrid, Elche and other inland towns.
@@jmcr1963 they didn't demonstrate at Ten in the evening when all the Spanish tourists are out eating.
They need root and branch reform of the whole rental sector without screwing up. They probably need central governments help too. Looks like nothing will happen while tit for tat politics is in play.
I believe in Spain, If you can speak Spanish fluently, you’re a legit Spaniard. Spaniards love their language, culture and heritage and speaking the language makes you part of the family, regardless of whether you look foreign or not.
The anti tourism is a smokescreen. The majority of tourists in Barcelona are Spanish and the majority of outsiders buying property there are also Spanish, yet no anger is directed to them, the anger is directed at Northern Europeans and Brits in particular. It smells more like racism to me.
Do a bit digging into the Universal Postal Union and you ll find out there’s more to the postal service than you think concerning financial/ contract law. All will be revealed in time. The system is rotten to its core.
Didn't realise unemployment in Spain is 20%.
If those who don't need to use mobility scooters use them often enough will lose the use of their legs for real far sooner.
Sometimes we have to make hard decisions. I moved to the US in 1986 as an adult speaking little English. Soon I’ll be retired with enough money to buy a house in Spain cash if I wanted to. Life is about decisions.
Seems like the new American dream is to work hard to retire outside the U.S. toa country with a lower cost of living!
@@arturotorres6437 Im not from the US so I would like to retire somewhere else. We were a colony of Spain for over 400 years so our language, customs and food favorites are close. I felt at home in Spain.
@@walterramirez3287 Spain did not have colonies, they were considered provinces or "territorios de ultramar" and people living there were considered Spanish subjects of the Crown, as in Spain itself.
@@diegodejuan4825 a colony is a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
@@diegodejuan4825 "by any other name"????
It's not just Spain try Skegness and Ingoldmells. Mobility scooters everywhere. Lots used by people who actually need them but lots by lazy people who can't be bothered to walk. And if you think it's only in Benedorm that you get drunks you are living in cloud cuckoo land.
Simply vote with your feet.
When I arrived in Los Cristianos on my first visit to Tenerife, because of the number of mobility scooters, for a couple of hours I genuinely thought that there must be some sort of convention for the sick and/or disabled etc. You know, akin to the pilgrimage to Lourdes.
I soon realised my mistake when I watched a bloke dump his rented scooter and run - and I do mean run - into a bar several metres away.
I evidenced similar behaviour several times in a couple of weeks.
Furthermore, some of these people were a bloody menace on the pedestrianised areas.
At 11:20 on the video… Interesting about international funds buying bad debt in 2008.
Keep up the good work . Best regards . Dan in the West Midlands, UK
I’ve never seen a two seater mobility scooter like the one in the photo…Looks to me like they’ve been supplied for fun rides.
Correos is a very important Spanish institution and I always try to support them when getting things delivered.
I tried to support Canada Post when I lived there. Correos once even owned a bank, which was given practicaly for free to a big private bank (BBVA). The ruin of the Correos (and other Post Offices in other countries?) was planned a long time ago. It's been done on purpose.
The post offices are always closed when i pass them !
I agree with everything you’ve spoken about in this latest vlog, but why is the thumbnail of El Golfo in Lanzarote?
Hi. As a property owning "tourist" are you finding any resistance to tourism in Portugal?
In my experience is happening in Portugal also but mostly in the big cities like Lisbon and Porto. 2 places I wouldn’t move too. I loved Aveiro when I visit this year.
Hi Just been to Benidorm and I made a comment blimey all these people are lazy in their scooters, then I see your video on it.
Benidorm (Levante) is purpose designed for tourism and the seafront and streets are flat and accessible for mobility scooters. IME this is not exploited by lazy joyriders.
Thanks
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Hmm
Stop calling yourselves expats. It insinuates a certain level of superiority.
We are immigrants.
I don’t know anyone who calls themselves expats - we are all legal immigrants.
It doesn't matter what you call yourself - it's your attitude that's important! We are all immigrants and we are all expats...
If you can use a battery powered scooter as a young person to get around what's wrong with getting around in a electric wheelchair
Great vid as always,,
Join brother
What did you expect to happen..... Tony cuenca
I like the bleeps (sound over slang/curse words)… Ja ja ja
Why don't you encourage tourists to Spain who could visit the castles and pay a small admission fee and....oh dear..
That is done, but there are too many ruins and we cannot set a booth to each castle (too costly). I love exploring abandoned castles myself, where you don't see a soul. Deep in the scarcely populated Spain I do that, it gives me magical moments of introspection, but hey, I am a weird Spaniard who avoids his noisy fellow Spaniards travelling in masse. Other ideas is what Franco did: built the complex of Paradores (state-owned hoteles) using palaces and castles to preserve them.
@@diegodejuan4825 I fell in love with Spain a few years ago, I love the place, the food the people, the climate etc. I got interested in it's history, the whole Moors, Romans, Christians thing. I noticed that the Spaniards like noise, and I put it down to the fact it is an affirmation of life. I do fear for the future of the country though. Hasta la proxima vez.
You have people in British towns going around on mobility scooters who clearly don't need them . Often in their 30's covered in tattoos . Just guessing but imagine ADHD.
@robcarter55 Yeah Yeah Yeah...can't move for them..🤣😂😆
What do you think about invading Spain and taking back Benidorm 😂there's more Brits there then the Spanish😂😂😂
That's why Spaniards are angry at the situation.
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