US EditionProtests against surge mass-tourism in Mexico City end in vandalism, harassment of tourists
- Hundreds of protesters held a demonstration against gentrification and mass tourism on July 4, 2025, in Mexico City's Condesa and Roma neighborhoods.
- The protest stemmed from rising rents and housing shortages caused by American digital nomads and Airbnb-driven demand since 2020.
- The event began peacefully at Parque Mexico but turned violent as a minority smashed windows and harassed tourists while chanting slogans.
- Demonstrators carried placards with messages accusing foreigners of taking over their neighborhoods, spray-painted slogans telling outsiders to leave Mexico, and set fire to a likeness of President Trump.
- The protest highlighted local demands for stricter housing laws and tourism regulation and echoed similar anti-tourism protests in European cities.
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Correio da ManhãThe masked demonstrators started demonstrations and stole luxury commercial facilities in the tourist areas of Condesa and Rome, in the Mexican capital.
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Hundreds of people protested in Mexico City on Friday with the cries of "Outside the gringos" to denounce the increase in rents in some areas of the Mexican capital, caused by the influx of foreign residents.
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Protests against surging mass tourism in Mexico City end in vandalism and the harassment of tourists
Graffiti on shattered glass being smashed through with rocks read: 'Get out of Mexico.' Tension has been mounting in the city since US 'digital nomads' flocked to Mexico City in 2020, many to escape coronavirus lockdowns in the US or to take advantage of cheaper rent prices in the country's capital.
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