Footage widely circulated online led to the spread of misinformation after a family of holidaymakers visited the site from London.
A family-run holiday park has found itself the target of online abuse and threatening phone calls after false information was circulated online suggesting they had 'taken government money to house migrants'.
The backlash against Tencreek Holiday Park in Looe, Cornwall, began after a visitor staying at the site began filming a large Asian family group who had arrived there by coach on Sunday afternoon.
In the clip, the man can be heard telling the group "we don't want you here", explaining that he had raised concerns to the resort's bar staff, before adding: "they think I'm racist".
The footage was later posted to social media, where it gained traction on local community groups, with a slew of inaccurate comments suggesting the group was comprised of asylum seekers being housed by the government.
Speaking with LBC, Henry, 32, whose family runs the site, expressed his "frustration" at the false claims online, revealing the group was just a large family enjoying a holiday, adding that his employees had faced "hundreds of abusive calls".
"It just sort of snowballed," he explains.
"The rumours were they was asylum seekers," Henry explains. "I think purely because of their colour, and because of the coach, people assumed that they were asylum seekers".
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Footage widely circulated online led to the spread of misinformation after a family of holidaymakers visited the site from London. A family-run holiday park has found itself the target of online ab...