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Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism.

Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism.

Demonstrators marching through areas popular with tourists on Saturday chanted “tourists go home” and squirted them with water pistols, while others carried signs with slogans including “Barcelona is not for sale.”

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the city in the latest demonstration against mass tourism in Spain, which has seen similar actions in the Canary Islands and Mallorca recently, decrying the impact on living costs and quality of life for local people.

The demonstration was organised by a group of more than 100 local organizations, led by the Assemblea de Barris pel Decreixement Turístic (Neighborhood Assembly for Tourism Degrowth).

  • jwiggler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago

    I didn’t plan the trip myself, and I think there was some reason or another they chose AirBNB instead of a hotel. But yeah, if I ever do a trip like this again (unlikely), fuck an AirBNB

    • vxx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      5 months ago

      Sorry, I didn’t try to put shade on you, as you clearly aren’t senseless to the situation, I was just going to point out what the actual issue is with tourists.

      • jwiggler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        5 months ago

        No no you’re good, I didn’t take it that way. I think saying “next time” instead of “you should have” is a good way to help people realize that what they are doing might be destructive, without condemning them to the eternal pits of hell, so I appreciate you saying it that way.

      • jwiggler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        I wasn’t sure whether hotels had already been booked or whether they cheaped out, that’s why I worded it like that. Could be.