Locals in Barcelona are saying no more to mass tourism and are calling on officials to take counter measures as the number of visitors to the city once again surges.
FOX Business’ Madison Alworth reports on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg expected to speak on how the U.S. will handle the 17 million people expected to fly this weekend.
A man ties protest banners in the balcony of a building that was recently converted for tourist use at Sants neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain, May 19, 2023. The banner reads,"No more tourist flats.""We like tourism, to have visitors, but tourist overcrowding triggers problems of mobility, speculation and gentrification that put our local way of life at risk. Therefore, we have to regulate it," Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau told Reuters.
Though the tourism industry accounted for some 12% of Spain’s economy in 2019 before the country saw massive lockdowns and travel restrictions, some would like to see tourism better managed by limiting the number of cruise ships that can stop in the port city, stripping licenses from apartments and shops directed at tourists, or by converting some hotels into low-cost housing.Barcelona is Spain’s second-largest city, with 1.
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