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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).

  • Murvel@lemm.eeEnglish
    24·
    5 months ago

    Well, don’t go then, solves everyone’s problems if that’s how you feel…

    • jwigglerEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      Would you cancel a trip with your family that was already booked, that your mom completely planned out each activity in depth, that you already paid for, that you’ve been looking forward to, collectively, for over a year, because you found out you’d be contributing to a systemic problem for a week day?

      You just might be a better person than me, at the end of the day.

      • Murvel@lemm.eeEnglish
        27·
        5 months ago

        Yes, if I felt strongly about I would, but I don’t.

        And they have no right to throw water at you, so quit apologizing for yourself.