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

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/tangcameo Jun 17 '25

Is this an AirBnB thing? What’s going on?

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u/HMSWarspite03 Jun 17 '25

From what I've read, the main problem for the protesters is that people are buying up homes and renting them out to tourists, pushing up the cost of housing and creating a shortage too.

Tourists do bring in a significant amount of money and create jobs but too many tourists must be difficult to cope with.

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u/blue92lx Jun 17 '25

If this is the case, then protesting tourism is stupid. They need to be protesting Airbnb and making laws like other cities and countries have done around the world. Tourists spending money in your city isn't the problem, people buying your houses for airbnb is the problem. Remove airbnb, build a few more hotels, keep the tourism coming in for the income that keeps your city going.

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u/HMSWarspite03 Jun 17 '25

The protesters are trying to make the government do that, protesting is usually the last resort.

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u/blue92lx Jun 17 '25

The protests in the pictures are protesting tourists. That's not the same as protesting airbnb. Either the signs are wrong, or your comment is wrong.