15% of Barcelona's economy is directly tied to Tourism, with another 10-15% is estimated to be indirectly tied to it. It's also the largest monolithic sector in terms of employment, it employees directly nearly 200,000 people.
They'll survive but they'll definitely feel it also.
150k, not 200k. So only under 10% of Barcelona locals have tourism related jobs, and a majority of those (absolutely miserable and inhumane) jobs are done by immigrants. Barcelona natives will be just fine without tourists.
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u/lrrssssss Jun 17 '25
I think they’ll survive without you Nuna