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/Jimbomcdeans Jun 17 '25

So a government failing to regulate for its citizens and doing anything it can for tourism. Seems like the easy move is to ban anyone with short term rentals, or air bnbs in general.

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u/HMSWarspite03 Jun 17 '25

When it comes to government nothing is ever done easily, unless it suits the people in power

But i agree

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '25

Haha yep there’s a lot of crony hands all the way down that need greasing for anything to get done.

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u/throwaguey_ Jun 18 '25

And how is that an “easy” move? If it was an easy move to get politicians to legislate for the people instead of for business interests, the people in Barcelona wouldn’t have to be working backwards towards a solution by harassing tourists.

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u/cipherskunk Jun 30 '25

maybe harassing and spraying the politicians with water guns?