\n\t\t\t\t\tA surreal scene uploaded by two British tourists to TikTok has gone viral in Spain\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n
A video of British tourists <\/a>\u201cstampeding\u201d to secure sun loungers at a hotel in Spain<\/a> has gone viral, prompting bemusement among Spaniards. <\/p>\n The video shows guests at the four-star Spring Hotel Bit\u00e1cora in Tenerife<\/a> waiting outside a locked gate for the pool to open in the morning.<\/p>\n Dozens of people are then seen racing across the terrace before laying out their towels and other belongings on sun loungers.<\/p>\n The video has been picked up and commented upon by media across Spain.<\/p>\n The online newspaper 20minutos.es<\/a> reported: \u201cAround a hundred people eagerly gather at the entrance, waiting for a security guard to open the gate and a \u2018stampede\u2019 ensues to get a sunbed, which at that moment becomes the most precious commodity of the day. <\/p>\n \u201cA surreal scene uploaded by two British tourists<\/a> to TikTok has gone viral, generating thousands of views and comments about this incredible scene that occurs every morning. \u2018Risk of a stampede!\u2019 they describe in the video.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cEvery day when the swimming pool opens up, a veritable \u2018sunbed war\u2019 breaks out.\u201d<\/p>\n The scene was captured by two British tourists on a video taken by @blazedchefx.<\/p>\n One of the makers of the video told Luxury Travel Daily, an online travel magazine: \u201cAfter spending \u20ac5,000 [\u00a34,324] it\u2019s a joke to have to get up earlier than you would to get to work.<\/p>\n \u201cThe reality is that if you don\u2019t get up and get in line, you won\u2019t get a sun lounger.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunbed wars among British tourists<\/a> are an annual conflict in the hotels and beaches of Spain.<\/p>\n However, the British eagerness to claim a place on a plastic sunbed \u2013 instead of exploring more of Spain \u2013 leaves some Spaniards incredulous. <\/p>\n It is only the latest episode in the guerra de los tumbonas \u2014 as the sunbed wars are called in Spanish \u2014 that Spain\u2019s media love to report on.<\/p>\n In July, Michelle Cranston, a British tourist on holiday at the H10 Porto Poniente in Benidorm<\/a> in Valencia, filmed a group of her compatriots stealing out of their rooms at 6.30am to claim sun loungers. <\/p>\n When she returned from holiday to the UK, she saw her video had prompted enormous interest, with comments, reactions and messages. \u201cI never anticipated the post would be this popular,\u201d she said, surprised about the strength of feeling about claiming a sun lounger while in Spain.<\/p>\n