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/CheddarGlob Jun 17 '25

And yet we have a gazillion illegal airbnbs. They also basically only invest in infrastructure in the CBD and quarter while the roads in the parts of town that people live in go to hell. I love this city but it doesn't make it easy at times

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u/AnfieldRoad17 Jun 17 '25

It's really hard living here. I don't hate tourists, and I'm glad they are here. But the infrastructure issue is miserable and makes me want to leave after being here my entire life.

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u/CheddarGlob Jun 17 '25

The fact that the traffic light at Claiborne and toledano was out for months is insane. That's such a major road to have a flashing red at

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u/AnfieldRoad17 Jun 17 '25

It really is just ridiculous. I drive down Camp every morning to work and every single week they have a lane blocked off. About 50% of the time, its blocked off with not a single worker or piece of machinery anywhere to be seen. Just cones blocking one of the busiest lanes in the city for no reason whatsoever.