On April 27, 2024, near the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, a touring bus was blocked, sprayed with water pistols, and a banner bearing the slogan "let's put out the tourism fire" was stuck to its front ...
People block the entrance of a hotel during a demonstration against mass tourism in Barcelona under the slogan 'Enough. Let's put a limit to tourism'. Lorena Sopêna/EUROPA PRESS/dpa Around 2,800 ...
As protesters marched through central Barcelona on Sunday, they shouted at the tourists who were filming them to "Go Home!". Bemused couples sitting in street cafés got squirted with water pistols and ...
If you have visited Barcelona recently, you might have noticed something unusual going on. Since the early summer, central hotspots such as La Rambla and neighbourhoods such as Gracia and Parc Guell ...
The “Visit Barcelona” slogan is set to become a thing of the past. Amid growing anti-tourism protests, the Barcelona Tourism office has decided it’s time for a new approach. The city’s new motto will ...
Tourists are flocking to Barcelona in ever increasing numbers, fueling anger among locals who complain that mass tourism is driving up housing prices and overwhelming public spaces in Spain's second ...
In a protest blending whimsy and frustration, thousands of Barcelona residents turned against mass tourism on Saturday. They were armed with an unlikely weapon: the water pistol. The Las Ramblas ...
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 ...
The result was bad. What happened in the stands was worse. The Camp Nou was white. Of the 79,468 spectators who attended, an ...