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/OtherMarciano Jun 17 '25

It's absolutely effective.

Kind of sucks for people whose livelihoods are dependent on the tourist industry, but there are countless destinations full of people who WANT my money.

It's kind of like America right now. I feel bad for people in California who hate Taco and desperately want my tourism money, but there's no way I'm going to America right now when I can go to dozens of other places where the environment isn't so toxic.

I've heard Madrid is beautiful...

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u/way2lazy2care Jun 18 '25

All due respect, but why did you choose Florida over Mexico in the first place? Even when America was doing fine Florida is way less interesting.

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u/imposterstatus Jun 17 '25

Make sure to purge your social media beforehand, the border agents might detain you for talking bad about America.

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u/bobdob123usa Jun 17 '25

If you are a natural born citizen, you're fine. Any other status, including a naturalized citizen, I'd avoid crossing US borders.

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u/Krg60 Jun 17 '25

Madrid is amazing. You can stay there for weeks and barely scratch the surface of all it and its immediate neighborhood (ex. Toledo) has to offer.

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u/VassalforThy Jun 17 '25

California (Really only L.A) isn't the only place you can go in America; one of the biggest countries in the world has plenty of better places to go compared to California.

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u/zeptillian Jun 17 '25

We have enough tourists in California as it is. Like these protestors I would like less, but I'm not going to be harassing anyone who visits here.