Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“As protesters marched through central Barcelona on Sunday, they shouted at the tourists who were filming them to ‘Go Home!’ Bemused couples sitting in street cafés got squirted with water pistols and a luxury clothes store was pasted with stickers declaring the tourists who’d shut themselves inside unwelcome. Tourism is hugely important to Spain and Barcelona is a top destination for visitors. But the crowds are growing so fast that many locals complain they’re being squeezed out of their own cities. Here and in popular spots across southern Europe, residents are pushing back. … Other signs called for a ban on the giant cruise ships that dock here, with one announcing that over-tourism is ‘killing’ the city. The protesters’ route wound towards one of Barcelona’s biggest attractions, the towering Sagrada Familia church designed by Catalan architect, Gaudi.” (06/16/25)