01/05/2012 00:00
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All inclusive holidays are damaging local businesses and the local economy in popular holiday destinations, according to a report by Tourism Concern.
The UK charity voiced their concerns yesterday, claiming that the popular packages were effectively forcing local restaurants to close in holiday hotspots like Majorca and the Dominican Republic, because tourists no longer spent money outside their all-inclusive hotel.

Here in Majorca local businesses last year organised a day of protest against the all-inclusive hotels in 2011 and in Turkey research found that only 10 per cent of tourist spend from all-inclusive holidays found its way into local economy.