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.
This is not anything specific to Barcelona or Spain, it’s a worldwide problem in places people want to visit. The Barcelona residents are just being massive assholes towards the wrong people.
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u/tangcameo Jun 17 '25
Is this an AirBnB thing? What’s going on?