Thousands of protestors waving placards and chanting ‘tourists go home’ marched through central Barcelona this weekend as anger continues to mount over mass tourism in Spain.
Tourists were sprayed with water guns during the rally on Saturday evening (July 6) that was attended by 2,800 demonstrators, according to local police, with holidaymakers urged to be cautious in its wake.
The march is the latest in a series of protests against overtourism that have swept the country this year. Protesters carried signs reading 'Barcelona is not for sale,' as chants of 'Tourists out of our neighbourhood' rang out across tourist hotspots including the city’s popular Las Ramblas district. READ MORE: Chaos for '150 passengers' stranded at Manchester Airport as Jet2 plane goes AWOL More than 140 organisations, including neighbourhood associations and housing activists, joined the march which set off from Les Drassanes in the city centre at 6.30pm last night, Catalan News reports Demonstrators claim mass tourism in the city has caused the cost of living and property prices to soar, exacerbated social inequality and reduced access to housing.
Fury over tourism first spilled out onto the streets of Barcelona last month when around 3,000 young people rallied on Saturday, June 8.
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