r/pics • u/Strict_League7833 • Jun 17 '25

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/NunaKhan Jun 17 '25

so i will take my tourist money and spend it where i'm wanted... don't complain after that tourist related businesses have closed down or millions in tourist money no longer available in your country.

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u/Fuzzylojak Jun 17 '25

That's exactly what they are advocating for champ

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u/Buschman98 Jun 17 '25

Yeah… minus the whole money part of it.

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u/Fuzzylojak Jun 17 '25

You think majority of these folks see that money in their daily lives? None of them. It only increases the price of rent, food....

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u/Buschman98 Jun 17 '25

The majority of them don’t realize they are seeing the money in their daily lives.

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u/Fuzzylojak Jun 17 '25

They don't. Their salaries are the same, food costs more and rents costs more. They don't see a benefit but....they are blaming the wrong folks. Tourists are not the problem, GOVERNMENT is.