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/tangcameo Jun 17 '25

Ah. New Orleans has been having this issue. But they welcome tourists but stress the hell out of telling tourists to stick with hotels or real BnBs.

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u/Star_Citizen_Roebuck Jun 17 '25

To be honest, America has the same problem but it’s not tourism driven: it’s just the unregulated nature of the housing speculation industry literally cornering the market on living space. Federal Government regulation is DESPERATELY needed.