Barcelona will eliminate ALL tourist apartments in 2028 following local backlash: 10,000-plus licences will expire in huge blow for platforms like Airbnb
On the other, I've lived in buildings with AirBnBs and they're a scourge. The owners and renters of short term rental properties are mostly (not all) awful - residents should be owning property, not spoiled rich landlords eating up space for tourists. Fuck AirBnB.
I also visited Spain last month and I've never felt so unwelcomed in my life while in Barcelona and would never go back, so I guess the anti-tourism is working đ
I can understand that locals are revolting around the world. The amount of tourism exploded in the last decades. The way tourists are behaving all around doesn't help.
One is a debilitating disease that traumatizes the whole family and usually said not wished even on the worst enemy. The other is⊠inconvenient contact with different cultures who came to appreciate your place and culture.
I've been to Barcelona many many times and I have several friends from there. It's the best city in the world and the people there are great. If they were hostile towards you that just means that you're a dick.