Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThousands of protesters have demonstrated against overtourism in major cities across southern Europe, including Barcelona, Lisbon, and Venice. In Barcelona, which attracted 26 million tourists in 2024, protesters targeted hotels and shops with slogans like "mass tourism kills the city" and "your holidays, my misery".Protesters say uncontrolled tourism is pricing local residents out of their neighbourhoods. Stickers displayed on buildings said “tourist go home”.Similar demonstrations occurred in other Spanish cities like Ibiza, Malaga, and Palma de Mallorca, and in Italian cities including Genoa, Naples, and Venice, where locals are opposing new hotel construction. Barcelona's city government plans to bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028 to improve living conditions for residents.In fullHolidaymakers sprayed by water pistols in Barcelona as part of organised anti-tourism protests across EuropeThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Barcelona protesters tell tourists to ‘go home’
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThousands of protesters have demonstrated against overtourism in major cities across southern Europe, including Barcelona, Lisbon, and Venice. In Barcelona, which attracted 26 million tourists in 2024, protesters targeted hotels and shops with slogans like "mass tourism kills the city" and "your holidays, my misery".Protesters say uncontrolled tourism is pricing local residents out of their neighbourhoods. Stickers displayed on buildings said “tourist go home”.Similar demonstrations occurred in other Spanish cities like Ibiza, Malaga, and Palma de Mallorca, and in Italian cities including Genoa, Naples, and Venice, where locals are opposing new hotel construction. Barcelona's city government plans to bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028 to improve living conditions for residents.In fullHolidaymakers sprayed by water pistols in Barcelona as part of organised anti-tourism protests across EuropeThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
