Watch: Tourists in Barcelona Sprayed with Water Amid Protests | Vantage with Palki Sharma
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Published 2024-07-08
Tourists enjoying a meal in one of the world’s most popular cities were attacked by locals as overtourism reaches boiling point across the globe. Thousands of Barcelona residents sprayed diners in tourist areas with water during a protest against mass tourism. But is turning away tourists the solution for countries? Palki Sharma tells you.
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All Comments (21)
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I hope none of the Barcelona locals are thinking about travelling anywhere ever then
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kind of a dick move to spray random tourists who were just chilling
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They're not against the tourists, but they attack them instead of their government. Genius!
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How disrespectful and disgusting… don’t go to Spain folks ..
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The protesters will get their wish.......and then the reality of it will sink in.
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why don't they protest against the pickpockets
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If the profits from the tourism never reach the public, who's fault is that?
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Imagine planning your trip years in advance only to be harrassed by the citizen while paying overpriced hotel rooms and food? Fuck That!
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How many of these protesters, will help the local businesses when tourism dies?
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Tourists should Boycott Barcelona totally.
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Live in Las Vegas and without tourism the economy will crash. I hope they get to experience it very soon.
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I haven't been to Barcelona in 6 years. The last time I was there for business and it was awful. Hotels are bad and there's scammers everywhere. These people just make it risky to do anything- even business. On top of pickpockets and traffic... I don't want to get wet! What will they do for money? They could do like other more sensible heavily touristed areas and 1. Raise the tourist tax 2. Encourage high quality tourism rather than cruises and cheap holidays 3. Enforce existing zoning and noise laws.
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These will be the same people protesting for lack of jobs and income because tourism went down.
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They need to change their tax laws, not attack tourists.
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It's funny that they don't want the tourists, yet the large amounts of money the tourists spend while in their countries greatly support their economy.
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Blame your government for not giving you your share not the tourists, what if other countries will do that your citizen who are also visiting as tourist.
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This is the most moronic protest that I've ever seen. The need to be protest their own government, not tourists. Just dumb.
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Don't worry the tourism will stop and so will the money.
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No problem I've already cancelled my Spanish holiday, Latvia for me, can't wait 😊
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Cost of living is going up all over the world. Period
