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Can you link to the news you refer to? I also seem to haven't read it
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5434829/spain-tourism-protests-water-pistols-barcelona-mallorca
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/08/travel/barcelona-tourism-protests-scli-intl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-p-YGNXEnY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo6L4dYVRUw
And to top it all off, "TOURISTS GO HOME" is one of the common slogans they use.
Not gonna visit barcelona any time soon with this toxic attitude.
Thanks
There was a comment here along the lines of ‘make tourists not want to come and your problem is solved’, maybe they want to be toxic to scare everyone off. If that's the case, I hope they will find out if it worked the way they wanted