He's from Barcelona...
Easy solution...cut ‘em off at the wallet, don’t go.
Years ago in Norfolk, Virginia the locals wanted sailors gone. So the navy paid everyone in cash with 2 dollar bills. Opened the locals eyes to the economic impact should the navy move out. People in Barcelona should be careful what they ask for. Tourist dollars probably account for a significant percent of their economy. Unemployment is harsh.
I can understand their frustration. They might even have a reasonable case to make about placing limits on some things....but going after tourists is not cool. They haven’t done anything wrong.
He's from Barcelona...
The tourist crowds this year are insane. There are more tourists now than there have ever been. And its not August yet.
We live in one of the least “touristy” bits of Spain, and even here its noticable. The thing is that though tourism is extremely important, most of the economy is not about tourism. But some of the industry externalities affect everyone, such as public transport, traffic, rents, food prices, etc.
My advice is to go in the off-season. April is a good bet, as the weather is likely to be good (sometimes not, this year it was really quite cold), and the tourist swarms are at a reasonable level.
Lol . Brits Solved the Problem themselves .
Dummies just voted in the Most Radical Socialist Labour Hell in its history .
Radical Communist Labour Will strip away all of these village idiot Brits Vacation and second home funds and retirement in a few weeks .
And force them to remove there cars too .
Are they being PC when they use the word “tourist”?
Or, maybe it’s something else?
Tourism can be both good, or bad. When an area gets overloaded and overwhelmed, it can be a real drain on the locals, on the other hand, the locals would probably be much poorer. So what’s the solution? Maybe limit the amount of “guests” or expand, it’s really up to the residents.
Just Great, planning a trip to Barcelona in October. Just F’n Great.
Don’t know what these Spanish simpletons are complaining about.
Spain is part of the European Union. They voluntarily gave up their sovereignty to join the bloc. A German, Frenchman, Dutchman or Dane can travel to Spain freely, as if moving from state to state in the USA.
Spain voted to become part of the EU, and now they can live with the EU trash. /spit
Mr. GG2’s nephew and wife and kids are in Spain this week. đŽ
‘Tourists out of our neighbourhood’ đ¤ let me know how your ‘Migrants out of our neighbourhoodâ works outâŚ..
They need to use the Disney solution to large crowds, keep raising prices until only the very rich can afford to visit.
If the tourists went home the locals would starve to death.
I can respect native Spanish residents wishing less crowding from tourism. (Still, it is the chief economic industry in the area, drying it up will cause considerable hardships for many Spanish people.)
The area has also been heavily infiltrated by Islamic invaders or “immigrants” that the traitorous Spanish government in Madrid has let into the country. Of all European nations, one might have thought that Spain would have known better. It having taken Spain 714 years (!!) to finally overcome the last big Islamic invasion from Africa. But, alas, it only takes a few Quislings in high positions to sell out an entire country and its future.
Just like we’ve been experiencing in USA and Canada and UK and Belgium and Italy and...
"the fabulously beautiful planet of Bethselamin ... booming tourist industry ...[led] to a colossal cumulative erosion problem ... [caused by] ten billion tourists per annum? Thus today the net balance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete while on the planet is surgically removed from your body weight when you leave; so every time you go to the lavatory there, it is vitally important to get a receipt."
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
What the article didnât mention is that this has to do with VRBOs or AirBnBsâŚmany of the prettiest, formerly family-occupied neighborhoods in town no longer have permanent residents, but hundreds of visitors staying in apartments that have been transformed into vacation rentals.
This, of course, has driven up the price of apartments and has also emptied out whole neighborhoods of permanent residents.
US cities have had the same problem. Charleston, for example, was losing permanent residents because of the VRBO pressure. They solved it by requiring a minimum 30 day stay, except in those which were also occupied by the owner, who could rent his rooms for shorter stays provided that he lived there too.
Iâm not sure what theyâre going to do in Barcelona. This isnât the way to go about it thoughâŚthe city lives on tourism.
I think the Americas Cup races are in Barcelona this year.
I visited Barcelona as a tourist in December, 1965. The experience was quite pleasant. There were very few tourists there at the time, and the locals were friendly.
We stayed at the Ritz Hotel, located on Avenida de Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, a wide thoroughfare named for a leader of the Spanish fascists who was executed by the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. The hotel is still in business, but it’s a safe bet that the street has a different name today.
The Louis Vuitton Cup starts in August and the Americaâs Cup races start in October. Going to be kinda tough to keep foreigners out!