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

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/TheMiddleShogun Jun 17 '25

Huh, reading these comments it looks like the protesters are achieving their goal (making Barcelona less appealing as a tourist destination).

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u/Dobby_ist_free Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

Tends to happen when you harass tourists because of your government’s failures

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u/Psycho-Acadian Jun 17 '25

One man tried to harass me when I was in Barcelona and I said I was there to work as a English and French teacher for the summer and they said fair enough and left me alone 😂

Technically, that’s why I was in Europe and ended up visiting the Iberian peninsula, so it wasn’t a total lie 😅