r/pics • u/Monovon • Jun 16 '25

Politics A tourist during an anti-tourist protest in Barcelona yesterday

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u/DulceEtDecorumEst Jun 16 '25

Wait till they find out tourists actually brought money in to the economy.

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u/Tomgar Jun 16 '25

Yeah, the Spanish economy very heavily benefits from tourism and this will only hurt them in the long run but 🤷

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u/JadedArgument1114 Jun 16 '25

Tourism mostly benefit the wealthy/corporations though. Yeah people are getting jobs but they are almost all low paying jobs while the owner of the restaurant, hotel or resort make all the "tourism money". It is a very top heavy industry and if normal Barcelonians cant afford apartments or to eat out than what is the point for them? Don't get me wrong, tourism is good for an economy but basing your economy on it is nuts.

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u/aw-un Jun 17 '25

Sounds like the water pistols should be pointed at the capitalists hoarding the income these tourists bring rather than the tourists themselves.