Tourists, go back!
WHY ARE BARCELONA RESIDENTS PROTESTING ?
- There are now more than 10,000 tourist apartment rentals in the city. According to local authorities, tourism has triggered a 68% increase in housing costs over the past decade
- Police said that around 2,800 locals marched to demand a new economic model that would reduce the millions of tourists that visit every year, under banners such as Reduce Tourism Now! And Tourists Out of Our Neighbourhood
SPAIN IS THE SECOND-MOST VISITED COUNTRY IN EUROPE
- After France, Spain is the second-most visited country, in Europe, welcomed 85 million foreign visitors in 2023, an 18.7% increase from the previous year, according to the National Statistics Institute
- Catalonia attracted 18 million visitors, making it the top tourist destination, followed by the Balearic Islands with 14.4 million and the Canary Islands with 13.9 million holidayers
- Barcelona received more than 12 million tourists in 2023, while it has 1.6 million residents
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