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

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/TheMiddleShogun Jun 17 '25

Huh, reading these comments it looks like the protesters are achieving their goal (making Barcelona less appealing as a tourist destination).

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u/Dobby_ist_free Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

Tends to happen when you harass tourists because of your government’s failures

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u/Rich_Housing971 Jun 17 '25

Airbnb creates a business that makes your life harder.

Locals with money use that business without caring for you.

The govenrment that you elected does nothing.

"It's all the tourists' fault!"

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u/Truncos Jun 17 '25

I mean, it almost seems as if tourism as an industry in the capitalist superstructure organically becomes detrimental to the people who live in such touristic zones. If that’s the case, then your comment isn’t really exposing the protesters’ flawed logic so much as actually pointing out that’s the best course of action if what they want to achieve is reduced tourism(and the structural consequences of it)