Trending The banning of Brits has had an enormous impact on many people I know, she said. Our business is suffering as we sell awnings - usually this time if the year we are busy with bars and restaurants as they get ready for summer but that’s not happening at the moment because of the uncertainty regarding holidays. Fortunately we have had our business for over 30 years so we are getting by for now, but many businesses will not survive another season without tourists.
Some expats Sue knows in Benidorm simply can t carry on with their lives out in Spain any more.
BENIDORM has attracted Britons in droves over the years as they flee the grey, rainy shores of Blighty in search of sunnier, warmer climes. So would anyone living on Spanish shores return to UK life? Express.co.uk spoke to one British expat to find out.
Trending I have made a lot of friends over the years and you get very close to people and then they suddenly decide they re going to go back home or they meet a holidaymaker and then move back with them, shared Chris. So it s quite lonely at times.
Another problem with living in such a close-knit community in Benidorm is how quickly gossip can travel.
Chris found this out after a break up with his partner Gary. The pair had moved together to Benidorm, with their arrival in the resort documented in Bargain Loving Brits In The Sun but went their separate ways last month.
Fewer tourists in Benidorm means lack of work for bands like ours, he shared. We play all the big clubs in Benidorm and at the moment they have been closed since last March. With Spain blocking flights and flights getting cancelled nobody is coming in so we lose work.
As for local business, they are struggling in Benidorm.
Spain: As for local business, they are struggling in Benidorm (Image: Getty Images)
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