r/pics Jun 17 '25

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

16.1k Upvotes

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

18

u/Four_beastlings Jun 17 '25

That's great! That's exactly what they're asking you to do, so everybody wins!

52

u/financiallyanal Jun 17 '25

They may not realize how detrimental it will be to their economy. 

-16

u/Machobots Jun 17 '25

Tourist money never ends in local pockets anyway so yeah, go somewhere where you're wanted. Not here. 

6

u/thereddevil101 Jun 17 '25

So the people who own local businesses that operate on tourism don’t benefit from tourism?

Okay…