This is the dramatic moment a British tourist brawled with another holidaymaker on a Tenerife mountain road, bringing traffic to a standstill after claiming his wife was threatened over a photograph.

Footage shows the pair throwing punches in the middle of the road before the Brit was knocked onto the tarmac. 

He quickly scrambled back to his feet, swearing angrily as car horns blared around him. 

The furious tourist then turned his attention to the woman accompanying his opponent, accusing her of threatening his wife as they tried to take a photograph.

'She swung at my f*****g wife,' he appears to shout, although it is not clear what is being said, as another road user attempts to calm him, saying: 'Come on, quiet.'

The Brit later returned to the driver's seat of a white hire car at the front of the queue, ending his foul-mouthed outburst.

The scuffle, dubbed 'Hot dog versus smash burger' by social media users, took place on the winding road to the mountain hamlet of Masca in north-west Tenerife.

The picturesque village, often described as the 'Machu Picchu of Europe', is popular with tourists seeking more than sun and sea.

This is the dramatic moment a British tourist brawled with another holidaymaker on a Tenerife mountain road, bringing traffic to a standstill after claiming his wife was threatened over a photograph

Footage shows the pair throwing punches in the middle of the road before the Brit was knocked onto the tarmac

He quickly scrambled back to his feet, swearing angrily as car horns blared around him

Islanders who are expected to restart their long-running protests against mass tourism over the next few months to coincide with its peak holiday season were today using the footage as an example of the sort of visitors they don't want to see.

One commenting on the fight scene wrote: 'Quality tourism.' Another responding to a woman who said: 'Our island is becoming so beautiful' added sarcastically: 'These are their traditions, they must be respected.' 

A third pointed out in an apparent suggestion you sometimes have to put up with a few undesirables for the better good: 'Tourism leaves thousands of millions of euros in the islands, something which bananas don't do.' 

Tenerife has been at the heart of protests against the effects of mass tourism that have taken place in Spain over the past couple of years. 

Graffiti in English left on walls and benches in and around Palm Mar in southern Tenerife at the start of April last year included 'My misery your paradise' and 'Average salary in Canary Islands is 1,200 euros.' 

In an apparent UK backlash, a response left in English on a wall next to a 'Tourists go home' message said: 'F**k off, we pay your wages.' 

Thousands of people in the Canary Islands took to the streets of the Atlantic archipelago around the same time to demand their politicians take action against problems like the lack of affordable housing and pollution which protestors have linked to the number of holidaymakers flocking to the destination.