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Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism.

Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism.

Demonstrators marching through areas popular with tourists on Saturday chanted “tourists go home” and squirted them with water pistols, while others carried signs with slogans including “Barcelona is not for sale.”

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the city in the latest demonstration against mass tourism in Spain, which has seen similar actions in the Canary Islands and Mallorca recently, decrying the impact on living costs and quality of life for local people.

The demonstration was organised by a group of more than 100 local organizations, led by the Assemblea de Barris pel Decreixement Turístic (Neighborhood Assembly for Tourism Degrowth).

  • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.worldEnglish
    89·
    5 months ago

    Those tourists can’t even vote. With climate protests at least you are raising awareness in people that can have some change or make some pressure.

    Yes protests need to be disruptive but spraying people in London would be just as effective as spraying tourists that are ALREADY in their city.

    • TimeNaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      154·
      5 months ago

      These specific tourists were not targetted to change their minds. It was done to spread awareness and get coverage in the international media that Barcelona has nad enough of tourists.

      It worked. So it 's a successful protest.

      • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        5 months ago

        I guess you are right that it created news but I doubt it will have the desired effect. One does not guarantee the other necessarily

        • ObiEnglish
          61·
          5 months ago

          If we only did things that have guaranteed outcomes, not much would get done.