If the question is whether there is ‘Madridophobia’ in Spain we already have the answer

Against any forecast and probably for the past of its owners, a year ago the Puerto Martina bar, a small restaurant in Mera (Galicia), became news International scope. They talked about him in the pressin the news and even The Guardian He dedicated him An article. The reason was not his food or how good the reeds threw. No. If the business went viral it is because he announced his decision to close in August to avoid tourists in the center of the country. “If a bomb falls in Mera they run out of dumb on the plateau,” he ironized.

The owners of the bar regretted the “prepotency” of certain tourists and claimed to be “fed up from Madrid”. That episode left by throwing a question that is not new … can you talk about Madridophobia In Spain?

A percentage: 68.5%. Recently ZITYa company Carsharinga curious challenge was proposed: studying the Madridophobia. Or rather, find out if it exists as such and in that case what is your reach. With that purpose in mid -June he did an interview with more than 1,100 people, he used some INE data and then prepared a broad report of 31 pages in which it describes some keys. The most interesting? That 68.5% Madrid believe that they are treated differently when they go on vacation to other regions of the country.

“Like a plague”. It is not the only conclusion of the study. For example, the authors of the report They have proven that 59.5% of the inhabitants of the capital recognize feeling uncomfortable when talking about the “‘Madrid tourism’ as if it were a plague” and that there are even some who choose to hide their origin when they leave home. They are not a majority, but a third of the Madrid admits that it is a practice that they always do, ever or have passed through their heads.

The most curious thing is that most tourists who leave Madrid are considered educated and correct visitors. This looks in fact about 53%.

When Zity It went further And he asked the Madrid ones if they had ever felt displaced, another surprise was taken: 50.5% replied that. 43% have perceived that different treatment only in some communities, but the remaining 7.5% ensures that it is a usual feeling. Of course that data has another friendly face: 49.5% of Madrid have never felt rejected or marginalized.

How do the rest see them? Zity’s study is just that, a study, with his biases and limitations, but it is interesting because he brings a double approach: he shows us how the Madrid feels when they go on vacation to Galicia, Alicante, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands … and how the local population sees them in those places.

According to The studymore than a third of respondents (35.5%) believe that Madrid are the tourists who have the worst attitude when they see in other regions, which makes the capital “the place of origin of tourists with worse behavior.” The data far exceeds 21.3% who considers that the most rude tourists are the Catalans or 13.3% of the Andalusians.

Going down to detail. If we look at the answers by communities there are more surprises. If we talk only with Gallegos, 53.6% point to Madrid as visitors with the worst attitude of the country. However, Zity’s study has a revealing ‘face B’ again: although many point to Madrid or Catalans as the worst Veraneantes, one in four respondents believe that tourists who worse are behaving during the holidays are the people of their own region.

Yes, there is Madridophobia. Another of the revelations of the report is that, indeed, the Madridophobia It seems to be a real phenomenon that is not limited to the perception of Madrid. This is considered almost half of the interviewees (46.7%), especially the residents of Galicia, the Valencian Community and the Community of Madrid itself, which ensure that it is an undeniable problem.

Moreover, 45.8% say they have witnessed some negative situation towards Madrid tourists and more than half (51.1%) have seen critical or satirical tone comments on networks about how the Madrid act in summer. They are overwhelming data that collide with another equally striking: 80% of the population that lives outside Madrid believes that it is not different from the tourists of the capital.

“Chulo, arrogant and know -otodo”. The hoteliers of Mera who became viral a year ago because of their “fed up” regretted the “arrogance” and “haughty” of tourists. They are not the only ones who seem to comment like this. When Zity asked his respondents what three adjectives better describe the Madrid tourist found a very little edifying list. The most common qualifiers were “chulo” (37.5%), “arrogant” (36.5%) and “knowing” (29.2%). If we expand the list there are other more positive, such as “cosmopolitan” (22.5%) or “sociable” (20.9%).

Many respondents had also heard phrases such as “This in Madrid does not happen” (68.5%), “there is no better water than that of Madrid” (64.2%) or comments on “the arrogance” of the Madrid and that everything seems “small or shabby” (64.2%).

However, if there is a coletilla that respondents admit to having often heard are “here are those of Madrid” (70.7%), which gives a clear idea of the image they have in other regions of the country. If we talk about Galicia the most widespread topic is that Madrid “park anywhere”, which in coastal areas has resulted in totally flooded cars When the tide goes up.

Images | Roberto Faccenda (Flickr) and Daquella way (Flickr)

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