US EditionSpaniards packing water pistols blame impact of mass tourism for housing crunch
- Tens of thousands protested across Spanish cities like Barcelona and Mallorca last summer, blaming mass tourism for the housing crunch and public tensions.
- The protests arose due to rising housing costs and a growing number of short-term rentals that locals say push residents out, not the tourists themselves.
- Barcelona's mayor, Jaume Collboni, supports expanding the city's airport despite local concerns, while campaign groups call for limits on tourism and improved housing.
- Demonstrators and experts emphasize "holidaymakers aren't the problem" and activist Daniel Pardo encourages protesters to return with water pistols to highlight the struggle.
- These tensions suggest a need to address housing affordability and regulate tourism more effectively to preserve local communities and curb displacement.
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In the holiday resorts in southern Europe life becomes priceless for many inhabitants. With the tourists, who become more and more, they compete for the few apartments.
Anti-tourism protesters - some armed with water pistols - call for change in Spain, Italy and Portugal
Anti-mass tourism campaigners say excessive levels of visitors in southern Europe are forcing locals out of affordable housing, raising the cost of living and making city centres unusable.
Anti-tourism protesters have an important message — and it's not for tourists
Water pistols have become the symbol of tourism protests since last summer (Picture: Reuters) Protesters in holiday hotspots across southern Europe have swarmed the streets to condemn overtourism in an unprecedented show of unity. Thousands attended marches in the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca, while events also took place in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, as well as Venice and Genoa, in northwest Italy. The Southern Europe …
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