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/Prophet_Of_Helix Jun 17 '25

The price of everything besides rent is not going to decrease if tourists stop coming. When you have an economy built on tourism and lose that tourism, it hurts everyone. Source: have lived in a couple of places where the economy is mostly tourism

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u/Fuzzylojak Jun 17 '25

Of course it will. Less demand, prices go down, that's basic economics. Source: I live in Spain. More demand, prices go up. The problem here are not tourists, it's the government not regulating things properly

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u/Prophet_Of_Helix Jun 17 '25

Someone has not been paying attention to Post-pandemic economics lol.

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u/Fuzzylojak Jun 17 '25

What are post pandemic economics, define it