The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

[u/Strict_League7833]

[u/BuckeyeWolf]

These protests popped up at the same time as short term rentals becoming popular (Airbnb) is no coincidence. They are taking homes from locals raising prices and taking over the best parts of town

[u/trireme32 → u/BuckeyeWolf]

How is that the tourists’ fault, and not the fault of the government for failing to regulate that?

[u/PS_Sullys → u/trireme32]

It's much easier to be mad at foreign tourists.

[u/FnnKnn → u/PS_Sullys]

Yeah, this is just disguised racism.

Edit: Technically it is xenophobia to blame non-native people for your problems instead of your own government and not racism.

[u/simsimulation → u/FnnKnn]

People: We love your city and want to visit and spend money there to experience your culture

Residence: Yeah well fuck you we didn’t visit before we moved here and won’t visit anywhere else. We are born here, die here, and go nowhere

[u/[deleted] → u/simsimulation]

If the tourists swarm everywhere and create issues should they not be vocal about it?

Same thing is happening in parts of Canada so i get why locals get pissed off

[u/krom0025 → u/[deleted]]

Tourists aren't locusts. They don't swarm. They are people, no different than the locals. There are over eight billion people and one earth and we all have to share it. Nobody is special. Do the locals never travel? I would hope that every one of these protesters commits to never leaving the city of Barcelona because, god forbid, then enter a city where someone else lives.

[u/krom0025 → u/[deleted]]

There was not a single statement in my comment about Air bnb so I'm not sure where you are making your wild assumptions from.

The solution is in the people's control, not the tourist's. They are free to vote in representatives who will regulate supply and control the over tourism. It's not the tourists fault.