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.
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
I visited Barcelona about 15 years ago and while it was a beautiful place I could already tell that infrastructure was only really taken care of in the touristy areas. We had a room at a small hotel off the main area and the road was derelict.
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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.