Its citizens Spainof Italy and France go out on the streets again, reacting to the massive tourism observed in their countries.
Spain’s protesters took to the streets of Ibiza, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, San Sebastian and Granada, shouting the slogan ‘Your vacation, my suffering’and holding banners with slogans such as “mass tourism kills the city” and “their greed destroys us”.
Under the umbrella of the Set – Sud d’Europa Contra La Turistització, or Catalan “southern Europe against over -tourism” – protesters joined forces with groups in Portugal and Italy, arguing that uncontrolled tourism has launch housing prices and forces people to abandon their neighborhoods.
Barcelona, a city of 1.6 million inhabitants, attracted 26 million tourists last year.
The authorities of the northeast city of Spain said about 600 people participated in the demonstration there, some with watermillothers with smoke In the hands and some who stuck stickers in shop windows and hotel buildings that read “neighborhood in self -defense, tourists unbutton”.
To Barcelonathe municipality announced last year the closure of all short -term leases by 2028, with the aim of making the city more viable for residents.
To Italyprotesters flooded Genoa, Naples, Palermo, Milan and Venice, where locals oppose the construction of two hotels that will add about 1,500 new beds to the city, organizers told Reuters.
A demonstration also took place in the afternoon at Lisbon.
The International travel spending in Europe is expected to grow by 11% Reaching $ 838 billion this year, with Spain and France being in countries that are expected to receive a record of tourists.