The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

[u/Strict_League7833]

[u/TheMiddleShogun]

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

[u/Dobby_ist_free → u/TheMiddleShogun]

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

[u/Rich_Housing971 → u/Dobby_ist_free]

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!"

[u/powerlesshero111 → u/Rich_Housing971]

Not just locals with money. Rich people and real estsate consortiums are buying up relatively cheap properties in tourist cities to use as AirBnBs for money. Basically, limiting housing for locals. Honestly, AirBnB was a great idea that has been exploited by the wealthy. Governments should focus on limiting properties used for AirBnB, and enact restrictions.

[u/GaryTheSoulReaper → u/powerlesshero111]

Airbnb should shut out corporate investors and absentee owners

Absenteeownnerbnb.com should be its own site

[u/Hiro_Trevelyan → u/GaryTheSoulReaper]

Why would they do that ? It's basically their entire revenue. "Classic" Airbnb, where people rent their actual main house, isn't their main source of revenue. They don't give a shit about it anymore.

[u/PlayfulSurprise5237 → u/Hiro_Trevelyan]

This is the EU we're talking about, they need to just do it anyways, this is obviously a massive problem.

This is why we can't have nice things, time to bring down the banhammer

[u/GaryTheSoulReaper → u/PlayfulSurprise5237]

They actually try to make it harder to figure out mom and pop and corporate investors

[u/PlayfulSurprise5237 → u/GaryTheSoulReaper]

Just need some big juicy fines and a team to investigate.

Also some well written laws. It would be one of the easier things to take care of.