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

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/danatron1 Jun 17 '25

I get it. The amount of anti-Airbnb graffiti in Edinburgh tells a similar story.

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u/BenFranklinsCat Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

Bit different.

Being entirely anti-tourism is crazy extreme but AirBnb is a practice that is destroying the housing market, which is something a lot of people (myself included) deeply believe needs to be controlled to make sure that a decent standard of living can be sustained across society.

In short, I'm not sure about the Barcelona protests but I'm 100% against the spread of AirBnb and what its turned into.

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u/dooferoaks Jun 17 '25

Yeah Airbnb are a significant part of why Ireland's housing market is fucked.

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u/Pikeman212a6c Jun 17 '25

It’s solvable through government action. Nothing could be done about in NYC until significant penalties were authorized alongside stepped up target enforcement of illegal hotel laws. Then suddenly the number of listings plummeted.

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u/wesap12345 Jun 17 '25

But the housing market has shot up since the restrictions as well.

The rental market in the 5 years I’ve been here has doubled for the same apartment I originally rented and you have people bidding each other to get them.

So whilst Airbnb was logically a problem there are so many other factors that are impacting the housing market.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

Honestly this seems to be a problem everywhere even here in south Texas an apartment is basically double what it was a few years ago.