BARCELONA (Reuters) - The sight of local kids playing under the palm trees in an almost empty Plaça Reial square reminds Gloria Gomez of her childhood in the 1980s before tourism swamped the Barcelona ...

It was the water pistol shot that echoed around the world. In the summer of 2024, after years of enduring the pressures of overtourism, locals in Barcelona ramped up their protest, with thousands ...

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.

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 ...

Barcelona, alongside a growing number of popular tourist destinations, is facing a backlash from locals tired of overcrowding. Striking the right balance between boosting tourism revenue and ...

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