Anti-tourism protests across Spain continue despite economic growth | BBC News
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- The Spanish economy has been growing faster than most of its European neighbours recently - and that's in great part due to its tourism industry.
Tourism contributes around 13% of GDP growth to the country's economy thanks to a model based on sand, sea and sun.
This year, nearly 100 million foreign visitors are expected - a new record - and not everyone is happy about the influx of tourists.
Anti-tourism protests have been taking place across many parts of the count§y, including popular destinations Barcelona and Malaga.
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they’re blaming the tourists when it’s their fellow countrymen running airbnb properties they should be talking to
@@xeero24 @1:47 1/3 of appartments in that city used for short therm rentals such as air bnb. it's not bashig if it's true
Will you still go there?
@@lovelybitofbugle6762 not sure i understand the question mate. i personaly wont go there but that's down to me liking the cold more then the heat/sun ^^ also i have never used a air bnb style service. stuff gives me the creeps. to many videos out there of hiden cameras.
Right now is not their fellow countrymen, most of this short rental are from foreign companies.
This is so true.
They're literally attacking the wrong people.
The military industrial complex , the insurance companies, politicians, the 1 percent, the healthcare companies are having glass of happiness right now. There completely off the radar on being blamed all over the world it seems like
They really are not
Tourists are absolutely apart of the problem
Mob mentality is rarely rational.
They’re not that smart to comprehend
How? @@cremepuffle tell me how tourism is to blame?😊
"tourist go home" - ? Well that's literally the definition of a tourist: you go somewhere to visit and then you go home.
LMAOOO
😂🤣
Exactly, a tourist and an immigrant are NOT the same thing. Most people spend less than 2 weeks, then return to their country.
Fair enough, but lately, the majority of tourists have been behaving rowdily, and the locals have had it up to here with them. You want a country to welcome you with open arms, right? Then, treat the locals the way you want to be treated.
But all at the same time, and in the same months, causing a housing/hotel bottleneck and a hike in prices for exactly 3 months of the year, which then spews over into renting on AirBnBs (hotels too booked and expensive).
The result is a puddle of shit. I live in Spain, know what this looks like.
Imagine if your mortgage or rent got 3X more expensive for 3 months of the year.
....and during COVID the Spanish resorts were crying that they had no tourists coming over to aid their economy!
It are not the resorts protesting
It's impossible to fully satisfy people
@@Rezistenza1998 it's certain that the money generated by tourism would trickle down sooner or later to the pockets of the protesters. For example those who work in the food & drinks manufacturing industries, building and maintainace workers, bus and taxi drivers, food producers, catering staff, manufacture of gifts and souvenirs, restaurant owners and workers, tour guides, interpretors and Airport staff. I am sure that some of those protectors have friends and relatives working in such a capacity.
@@walboyfredo6025 so you say the government should enslave the country to tourist companies which have extremely low wages and destroys the country, and will completely fall when there is a global economic crisis. instead of developing industry and becoming self sufficient. Reliance of tourism means enslavement of the locals and sells the country out to the big tourism companies, it is the biggest destroyer of lives in Europe. Commercial tourism makes Europe unlivable.
Spain is a shit hole and very expensive. And full illegals
Blaming tourists is nonsense. Blame the politiicians for allowing so many landlords for renting out their properties for tourism rather than for residents and for not building enough affordable housing.
yes ,,,thats govt lack of regulation 😂 ,,,
I don't know what property rights are like in Spain, owners should not be forced to stop using their property however they want.
Spain being a welfare state and charging so many taxes, then to keep it that way the state should have houses for the population at low cost.
If you are apartment owner I cant tell you what to do with your own property.And renting apartments for tourists is totally legal, you could move to city less tourism if you can't afford it in a touristic city
Renting to tourists is part of the tourism industry.... nothing against tourists of course but if you stop renting to tourists, the tourism industry suffers as well The creation of Hotels also affects rents and price value of surrounding neighbourhoods ... you cant have your cake and eat.... im not Spanish but here in Portugal we have the exact same problem.... the bottom line is no country on earth that rely on tourism as its major or substantial economic industry, is actually a great place to live in... and what is happening to the south of Europe, is we see tourism rising and economy growths but the standards of living for people who actually live in these countries is dropping, while the cost of living has gone up substantially. To the point where that, genuine stuff and people that the tourists came here to actually experience, is disappearing because the native people are leaving the big cities and urban areas, because it has become too expensive...
@@mohammedhassan430They should put a limit. No more than 1 home can be rented out per household. If violated, you must sell below market rate.
When they richer, they didn't want tourists.When they poorer, they want tourists. What a joke
tourists are awful
When they richer, they didn't want immigrants. When they poorer, they NEED immigrants. Excuse my broken English 😅
@@tinfoilhomer909depends on the tourist...
Yeah. When due to covid all beaches and touristic attractions were closed they were crying and claiming for tourists to come back.
@@EvedreambigThis concept might be a bit too much for your teeny brain to understand but but but hear me out - maybe it weren't the SAME people complaining in both instances
They are actually saying: "Money & income - go home!"
All of that money is going straight to the pockets of the rich and wealthy.
You're not very bright eh
@@David-fi9yu yeah because spending money to get into the country and spending money inside the country means everything is funnelled to a singular rich guy
@@lennywhere The poorest regions are the tourist ones. The jobs toursim bring are precarious, the only ones that get rich from it are the owners of the properties.
We are just tired of it.
@@David-fi9yu So it's the rich and wealthy problem, then.
This is mainly in south Spain and particularly Barcelona. I’m Spanish and I can tell you… tourists are not the problem!!! Check your gov in these regions..
I am Australian, but I love Spain and try to spend time there every other year. Barcelona is a vibrant city, but the anti-tourist thing has been around a long time, and the housing/Airbnb thing is just a pretext. I can remember going there in 1983 and seeing graffiti that said "f*** off tourists". My last time in Barcelona was in 2019 and it was more evident. So last year, when I spent seven weeks in Spain, I ignored Barcelona. I went to Cardona and Lleida in the north east instead, and also went to Zaragoza, Cuenca, Madrid, Malaga, Seville, Cordoba, Segovia, Leon, and Burgos. There are so many beautiful places and wonderful people in Spain, so if the people of Barcelona don't care for visitors it's their loss.
@@daleviker5884how about all you people go to Africa and stop fantasizing about white ppls nations and cities so much. Go to Congo or Somalia or maybe Pakistan or Yemen.
Can you tell me which parts of spain are mostly far-left? I’m considering moving there, but wanna avoid these people. How is malaga and torremolinos for example?
Teneis suerte en España, el problema es turistas con dinero y billetes de vuelta. Aqui en Dublin, Los "turistas" de Afghanistan/congo/Syria no tienen el derecho de llegar aqui, y les damos 113.80 cada semana. Teneis suerte en España. Problemitas.
@@daleviker5884 And if you are looking for the best beaches just go to Huelva or Cádiz, southwest. I know Australians who say that they are the beaches most similar to the magnificent Australian beaches ^^
We Spaniards are not against tourism, this is just a political maneuver to distract attention from the main national problems, such as massive illegal immigration.
This is why domestic vacations have become far more attractive to me over the past decade. I'd rather see my own country than be around people who hate me being there.
As an Australian I'm very proud of you. Don't waste your money here, people definitely hate you as a tourist. Tourism makes previously comfy islands unlivable.
Honestly living in America, I have country almost the size of a continent. Rather see it here than go where people don’t want me.
Agreed!
@@Coolrunnings007 America sucks and the people who hate tourists are a minority, the rest are normal
Huh? The real ones are not protesting
Blaming tourist were the real problem are politicians and law makers not adressing a housing issue.
Theres no housing issue when they inflate prices for tourism. Thats a tourist problem.
Yes sure. The politicians allow the tourists are stone drunk and politicians are to blame that tourists behavior. We can read it nearly daily in the summer in the newspapers. Maybe the politicians are to blame that tourists in some towns just give shit to privacy and occupy privat property. It is very easy to blame only ONE group. Politicians could do something about the housing issue, tourists should understand they are guests and should show respect. And the owners of houses ? They do the same as everywhere in the world : making profit. Who says not me is a liar.
@claudejeremiahgreengrassif you ask me you're the dummy here. Insulting without providing arguments. I live in a small town in aragòn and lecal farmers who lived here for generations can't buy houses for their children that are forced to migrate to big cities. Why? Because rich tourists buy away while only living here 3 months a year, so many towns are becoming empty. Only to see dumb foreigners like you who know nothing of our situation run their mouths while living in a different country
@@nelaVanBrussel What are the tourists doing other than giving their money to see this beautiful city? You should blame the politicians for stifling real estate growth like they typically do in all industries they have a heavy hand in.
@@kommisar. Lol politicians dont have a heavy hand in this, that's the problem. They are bought by the foreign investors that created this mess. Spain needs politicians that defend the interests of their constituents instead of foreign investors, and heavily regulate them so they cant buy up everything anymore. Also, real estate growth isnt infinite, especially in small countries like Spain. Especially in attractive cities with an already high urban density like Madrid.
How will these protestors feel when they travel outside their country?
Don't bother coming to the uk works both ways.
Only drunken English not welcome.
The issue is beiing part of an overwhelming mob.
If they drive away the tourists then they will not have the money to travel anywhere or sustain themselves. Their Govt shd be looking into this, especially the Airbnb situation. I will boycott.
the spain people are literally saying they dont want our money and we are getting offended lol.... just take your money someplace else?
Never been to Barcelona , after this I will never consider visiting
Your loss.
@@notknown6605 No wonder you’re “not known”.
@@notknown6605 nah , there are many cities and countries that is amazing and more charming than Barcelona such as Moscow, and the U.S cities with much nicer to tourists than Spain and France
You are not missing much. Barcelona is the only place in Spain I didn’t like. San Sebastián, Palma, Malaga, Madrid, Ronda, Rota, Sevilla, Gijón, plus many more are all beautiful, infinitely better than Barcelona.
Many Spaniards don’t like Barcelona, but there are a lot of beautiful cities in Spain that are underrated
I cancelled my hotel reservations for Spain (Sept 2024) due to these demonstrations. There are still many countries to visit where tourists are welcome, so be it! Their government is the issue here, not us tourists!
Thanks from Spain
@@robert1314 Fuck off, from Europe. And please don't visit other countries yourselves.
Thanks, we don't want you
Make sure to Restrict yourself to your own country from now on, otherwise your a hypocrite .
Come to wales
So this a housing issue that Spain has to resolve.
Yeap.
When is your holiday then?
@@lovelybitofbugle6762 Bot account says what?
Prices are sky-high, believe me
Clearly you do not live in a city hammered by tourism. The cost of everything goes up. We can not use our public transportation because its over run. We can't get to appointments, work, or home in a reasonable time. Restaurants and other services aren't affordable in season. The city prioritizes the industries needs to the detriment of the community. Our hospital is overwhelmed and we suffer, plus pay higher taxes to support the industry infrastructure.
Wow. I have a trip scheduled next year that includes a stay in Spain. Will now re-think and re-schedule.
Dude, you shouldnt give a fuck about these people. I have been to Spain many times and never had an issue. I dont care what people think about me. I go to work to earn money and I won't let others dictate where or how I spend my money. Just go and enjoy yourself. There are haters and racists everywhere on this planet. You will miss out if you always do what others expect of you to do. Dont fall into that trap because these people who protest arent for sure people you would hang out with in your home country so dont be bothered and mind your own business and just ignore them like you would do in your home country too. Them being not content with life has nothing to do with you as a tourist. They are just shifting the blame. Have a good trip!
I'm in Northern Spain right now and it's super chill. Was also in Madrid with no problems! Remember, most of Spain is empty. Just be mindful of where you go, that's all.
@@mariaagosti-pm7tkwell said, i'm thinking to go to Malaga in august
@@shabirosmani667 SO cool! I hope you enjoy. Pretty sure people won't bother you there with political issues. I have family there who are from Brazil and Germany and they havent reported any negative stuff from Malaga.
Something I think similar to Hawaii..housing rented to visitors which both raises prices and makes what's available for locals more scarce. That drives locals out..makes people upset..It's less about a lot of foreigners walking around and more about housing dynamics...I think anyway
Yea they’re fighting the wrong people , their government officials just sitting in office catching no heat for their mismanagement, instead it’s the tourist. Crazy
Drive away tourists? This is the most foolish protest I've ever seen!
They're pretending the foreigners causing a lot of the crime are tourists or something... Who knows.
If you knew what the situation was like in Spain or in many European countries that deal with huge amounts of tourists, then you wouldn't be saying it's foolish.
You never been a locals in a 3rd world country. Locals wants their luxury too.
@@izzuddinmnasir4884 Spain third world country
@@David-fi9yuthey want to replace tourism with refugees
It is easy to blame tourists, but the problem is that laws allow AirBnB and other corporations to profit without considering locals. Fix those issues, set rent controls and tax corporations. Tourists and locals should be able to coexist and enjoy places together.
They should have made some skyscrappers , if there is no space , but good for us, more opportunity .
Yes let the white man take your land😂
Let the whitest man live in your home😂
CZcams timed me out LOL
Let the white man in 😂
It's hilarious cuz by definition going home is exactly what EVERY tourist will do. That's just called being a tourist.
It’s not funny at all because the protesters are saying, “Put down your fork, don’t finish your meal, and leave. Now!”
Colonists hating tourism. Hmmmm.
Thiisssssss! Same in the UK with migrants, after pillaging most of the world and telling we're the motherland, lol
lol they don’t do self-reflection, shhhh
😂😂
Spain had virreinatos my friend.
These folks don't look 200 years old tbf to them. I guess all living Germans are nazis too?
It's airbnb that should be banned. Not tourists.
I agree. If tourists just stayed in local Hotels, the number of tourists will be controlled, and there wouldn’t be overtourism.
@@nekpsan and tourism revenues would radically decline, which would be a major drag on the Spanish economy. Those who complain thet work in the area and can't afford to live there - will have another problem instead. Unemployment. You can't have your cake at eat it.
@@JayandSarah as if most of that money ever goes to the locals
@@Antonis-mo7ov Gas, restaurants. Souvenirs.. tours...local taxes.. yeah it DOES go to local people...
😂😂😂
As an Italian it is kind of not classy to do this to tourists, it's not their fault they can travel around if they want. They should go for the politician who are in control of people coming into their country.
I'm from Spain and I don't approve this. I'm afraid people now would think that this is how Spaniards think of tourists. From my view, they are generally welcomed.
let they economy collaspse lets see how far they get without us all coming
I don't approve of it but it's probably very effective in deterring tourists.
People are too stupid to understand. They would go after the easy ones and feel good about themselves
@@user-ki4xw2rb8qspanish look scary now
Does this mean that they never visit anybody else’s country as a tourist as this would be hypocritical wouldn’t it?
Next headline: Malaga residents complain about being unemployed after booing tourists
Protesters should be at the town hall, not attacking tourists. This all comes down to government policy.
who attacked a tourist?
@@ib7566 the protesters were squirting water pistols at people who were sat down having their lunch.
@@jrlx86 those were a group of 20 young people in comparison to thousands of people that were protesting. People just focusing on some water guns instead of the main protest...
@@Pablo-ob2bx It only takes a few to tarnish the many.
@@jrlx86 Not even a few...They are a lot of them doing that...Even somebody got punched for being tourist ..Man their economy have been driven by tourism yet they doing this to tourist...Good luck having less tourist
So if you live in Barcelona don't go beyond your city (or country), because in that case you're a tourist as well...
not really the same is it? unless they get air b n bs.
@@biegebythesea6775 - Not every tourist who visits Spain uses AirBNB either. I'll be there for 1 day in September (not overnight) and I was planning to spend money there. Not anymore.
@smileychess
You'll show them.
@@biegebythesea6775hotels are also listed on Airbnb 😂😂
Spoken like an American.. Which is why most countries hate you "visiting".. You're rude, arrogant and expect everyone to kow tow to you and do things your way...
People never put the blame where it belongs.
I’m from the US and have spent the last few weeks in Malaysia and Thailand. The Spaniards are living it up in Asia, buying it up and buying out locals, YET they have the nerve to complain?? Hahaha, it’s extremely Western sentiment. Suffer what I do, but don’t do as I do. 😂
2 million Spanish tourists visit the UK each year. Let's start protesting against them...
Can’t do that we all know it’s ok for them Latin Mediterraneans to protest but when Brits French or Germans do it it’s racist
2 million spanish tourists visit UK looking for what? raining days or disgusting food? hahahahaha what a joke!!! Please DO NOT COME TO SPAIN, STAY AT HOME GUIRI
@@Daisy-023. what an excuse. it's not racism, you just don't have balls
I saw a lot of Spanish tourists while I was living in St. Petersburg. As it seemed to me, they were very chaotic, loud and disrespectful of other people's borders.
@@trezovit is true ! We Spaniards are very rude . Always talking in a loud voice . We want to leave Spain to other countries but cannot do it
It is not the tourists fault, it's your government and fellow citizens.
It's their country, they can run it how they want.
@@meditationandhealthyliving9602it’s a shameful form of assault…next you’ll say pick pocketing is a form of civil expression.
@@sb6370 If the politicians don't listen, the roaches will😂
@@meditationandhealthyliving9602 So they can shut up when the tourism go down...Spain and Barcelona economy was driven by tourism so if they go down good luck for their economy especially their football team...
@@mrboast2826 Barcelona is Spain so far.
I understand where they are coming from. I'm Dutch and lived very happily in Amsterdam for years. A magical city, that got completely ruined by tourism. We need do start building places we love again instead of escaping overseas. Blame Blackrock though, not the people buying the tickets.
It's funny they don't want people to viste but there is millions of them here in us.
Millions or spaniards in USA? Are you sure? Do you know Spain is in Europe?
In the latest installment of “Our countries have issues but rather than working on them we’d rather blame foreigners”, we bring you the beach party version.
Spain is governed by socialists and communists. That's the problem
The brits are doing the exact same thing. In fact it's a common theme, when things go wrong u blame the outsiders, the foreigners.
yup
@@FitraHomestead sadly people never learn from history. nazis and every political scumbag uses this as advantage over blaming the actual rich n powerful
Well, Europe is the birthplace of that- and then, Americans take it to another level
Quite sure other countries would welcome those tourists.
And when they reach levels of unsustainability within their tourism sector, they'll react the same. This anger is being seen all over the World from areas that are very dependent on tourism.
Yeah keep telling yourself that.
You need to live in another country and see how annoying tourists are mate
@@fivedaysfitter5225 Some tourists. The vast majority of tourists aren't drunken, drug-using hooligans who are looking for rows and debauchery. Most people just want to get away on a break for one week of their miserable calendar year from working hard and paying high taxes. These people even spend a lot to go on vacation and add to the local economies. However, if Spain (another country with similar perceptions of tourists) doesn't want tourism, then fair enough. They will likely regret it in decades to come though.
@@fivedaysfitter5225honey we all live in places that have tourists- I’m from San Diego which currently has millions of tourists because of our beaches and weather.
Our cost of living is also the highest in the country and probably one of highest in the world. Renting a bedroom (a room, not a studio) costs $1500 dollars. 🙄
The problem is deeper. That guy said, "You feel like you are in a theme park." That means the place is generaly "not for natives" anymore. I myself love visiting tourist towns from 7 to 10 a.m., when there are no crouds of other tourists.
Airbnb has been a problem for both locals and tourists.
classic example of confusing a county's economic growth with improving living conditions for its citizens.
Yes, GDP relating to ecoconomic growth of a Industry and GDP Per Capita are quite different.
How many illegals arrive in Spain every day? How many people are protesting against that?
@DuanRussel Thanks finally someone gets it. The average Spanish citizen is not seeing the benefits. They should not be mistreating tourists but many commentators are choosing to ignore the part where people complain about not being to afford housing.
As far as I remember, housing problem in Spain exists since 2008. Fix that and don't attack the tourists that actually spend their money there, this is ridiculous.
Im spanish, the problem arent the tourist this is a shame . However The situation in 2008 was very goood (comparing with nowadays). Im from málaga the average salary of low-medium class people in 2008 was about 1000 euros and the average rent about 300. Now the AVG salary is around 1400 but AVG rent is 1000. The situation is very sad for us but thats no the solution
@@J.marrrrThe same is happening in every country. I grew up in Berlin and you could pay 200 Euros for a flat here. Now you pay for 35 Square meters sometimes above 1000 Euros. If you only earn up to 2000 Euros per month, there isnt a lot left for other things. But its not the issue of tourists coming to Berlin, we have a housing shortage and its the government in Berlin who is responsible for that. They need to build more affordable housing and change the laws that investors cant just come and take so much money for apartments. I feel the same issue is going on in Barcelona. Its a very nice city so of course many people come and go but thats normal in a globalized world. We need to react to change better and find solutions instead of blame others. Thats the secret of life. Always think ahead.
Ok, but they have a point in the sense that living in a tourist area sucks (myself living in one), if you are going to go buy basic needs like food or anything the cost is ridiculously high more so in Summer just to make tourists pay more and local residents have to deal with that and buying apartments or a house of your own is laughable, you can't simple as, you have to move out.
What I think is happening is that due to the higher influx of tourists in these months, the prices of everything have risen so much that it has reached the point that locals can barely survive. It's not xenophobia, don't be stupid. Yes, attacking tourists is not the solution but the basis of what they are saying is not wrong.
They were rude before the anti-tourism.
All in all, it is living crisis,not the fault of tourists.
I saw one graffiti in Barcelona "Tourists unwelcome, immigrants welcome" do the Spanish not realize immigrants need housing too ? 😅 and why take it out on tourists who are spending their money?
Indeed those are stupid leftish natives. I know how stupid they are.
those are left wing protests nothing to do with the current ones you can find those tags in greece too
immigrants would be leagues and bounds worse than tourists.
Tourists would spend disproportionately more money in the area and take up significantly less accommodation.
1 bedroom could house hundreds of tourists a year who bring money and spend it on food, amenities, services etc. But still only occupied one bedroom. A single migrant would occupy the same space, but also occupy a job of the locals and not be spending in the area nearly as much. Also putting strain on things like the education and healthcare sectors.
Some people are just plain stupid and think that money grows on trees.
Some migrants usually have no money and are the dregs of society in their own place of origin ..
4 of my friends’ family have cancelled the vacation in Spain and they are going to Asia. Sociopath patients don’t want tourists and its not safe now
Tourists continually build your economy. Such blatent disrespect calls for a boycott.
This is a common problem for a lot of tourist destinations globally. I wonder how many Spanish protesters actually go abroad on holiday and create the same problems in other countries? A lot of them I bet.
Imagine living in Spain and deciding to come to England 🤮
😂 A lot. Do you know how many Spanish people work in richer EU nations, putting downward pressure on local wages and occupy housing? They're truly stupid. They have no clue how that works.
And they will protest again when government will cut pensions down.
many spaniards go to the north of Spain for Holydays. It´s fresh, green, not that saturated and the beaches are bigger.
In fact i havent seem spaniards around the world getting drunk, pissing in the corners, puking on public street furniture and shouting loud at 3 am.
Spanish presence in other places is quite discreet and quiet. Maybe some people from latin america are used bo higher volume for the music at home, but not spaniards in general.
Wrong, can't afford to take vacations. These tourist traps are great for the tourist, design to be so, expansive, excellent for the opportunist who owns but does not live in the area and terrible for the actual average citizen of these areas. They benefit very little to none. The roads and parks, for the tourist, housing, all the expensive/subpar eateries, for the tourist, etc, etc.
Gaining an understanding? Nothing is black or white.
As a New Yorker of 28 years, I understand the frustrations of over tourism. I rarely visit the big museums and avoid Times Square, like most of us do. But it’s wrong to blame normal people when corporations are setting policies and literally making markets. Besides, stereotyping foreigners and rallying nationalistically (us versus them) has a pretty bad historical track record, particularly in Europe.
As a fellow New Yorker, here tourists might be a minor annoyance at times, but I recognize they bring millions of dollars into the local economy. I'm always friendly to tourists who need help or directions. Here our problems are different, it's not the influx of tourists who are visiting legally...
It's a mutated way for the left to please the right, since they don't want to anger neither spanish nor immigrants so they choose this weird middle ground, RICH immigrants, aka tourists.
It's not working, and we all known the Spanish aren't good winning civil wars against their Christian populace.
“Tourists go home, refugees welcome” they wrote on the walls..🙄
And the fact is in 2017 tourism accounts for 17% of total GDP of spain.
Refugees stay in rundown public housing blocks in the outer suburbs... outside the city centre & bohemian areas. They and their inferior purchasing power won't compete with these protesters... many of whom moved in from other parts of Catalonia & Spain anyways.
Yet another place I will never visit, I will not go where i am not wanted.
More countries need to take Switzerland's approach to housing, heavily restricting what residential properties can be owned from overseas.
They’re getting their message across. Was thinking of doing a trip in Barcelona, now would rather spend my money somewhere else 😂
Good
You will not be missed.
@@lif6737see you next week😢
Na we have to double down on tourism to Spain now😂
literally no one cares
13%! Holy crap! That's huge!
Spain,
"Problem in tourism = problem in economy."
It's that simple. Show respect to your tourists.
Easy to harass and bash tourists, unlike, you know, like the government, the big real estate businesses or anyone of the sort.
Harassing tourists is a way to decrease demand and making the government plans collapse. Its sad but true
Going for tourists is sending a message to the government. I think yall need some brain cells
@@cremepuffle Yeah good luck having less tourist when the entire Spain and Barcelona economy as a whole dependent on tourism... Don't regret later like in 2019 in covid days when Spanish people talking how bad their economy because there is less people visited there
You are giving template answers
Every tourist area suffers from this problem
In Turkey, In Greece, in Italy, in Spain, in Vietnam, in Russia (for domestic tourism) - home prices, cafe, restaurants, transportation etc is out of reach for locals while 1-2% of the population profits from tourists
Leftists dont attack leftists in governmental positions. They just bring up an issue, blame anyone or anything, provoke chaos, create a divide, and dont provide any solutions.
I get why they're angry, I really do. But harassing tourists when the root of the problem is the laws, real estate agencies and politicians is just not a good look at all.
De que van a vivir si no hay turismo?, (un gran número de españoles dependen del turismo), Barcelona por ejemplo, la economía es buena por turismo que le entra, que van hacer sin turismo, las hediondas calles del barrio gótico estarán vacías y no les entrará plática a la ciudad, que dejen la ridiculez y protesten contra lo políticos.
Don’t believe everything you heard. A few bad apples in Barcelona and Mallorca don’t represent the rest of Spain. Go and enjoy their beautiful country, culture, gastronomy and friendly people 💙
Apparently they don't need tourist dollars! So why go there?
Fair enough I go somewhere else like Portugal and Morocco then. The last two times I was there I spent more than $5K US. If tourists are your problem then don’t go to other countries too as tourists. Take the moral highground and stay in your country.
Oh cmon, we are not all like that in Spain. This is a leftist movement, quite stupid if you ask me… most of us in Spain know tourism is great and we value it.
yes go to Morocco, you are not welcome in Spain.
@@Zjr8 si Manolito, just to piss you off I’ll step into Malaga first because I can then crossover to Morocco. How’s that? What about Porto? Meanwhile I’ve seen so many empty and abandoned houses in Galicia regional, why don’t you go there and live in those abandoned houses, boy you must be reeling from the weight of your country’s unaffordable housing crisis, instead of taking out your frustrations to the tourists that brings revenue and employment to the many who flock to Barcelona. Be pro-active get your Gov’t policies legislate equitable housing, Tax the Tourist heavily, reign in on greedy ABnB, Landlords. Do you want me to hold your hand getting those brought up? After Covid what did Barcelona was crying out loud? Where’s the tourists? If there was no demand there was no supply, so Make up your mind Manolo. After your country grabbed our Tourists💲💲💲you kicked us to the teeth?!
Go to Algavre,Portugal you will love it 😊
Ok they won’t. Don’t come here, they won’t go elsewhere either.
Haven’t seen one Spanish person be able to defend this in the comments.
Crazy. Every tourist, including Europeans? Americans love Europe.
Average citizens care about quality of life, economy growth doesnt always result in better lives for them.
Well said
GDP growth translates to QoL improvement only if you are asset owner. Most of the people in rich welfare states are entitled and have high consumption rate (for their earning potential), and hence keeps on running on hamster wheel forever. Any welfare entitlement stops or prices rise, or even if they see others prospering more, they are immediately upset. One needs to understand, why frugal and hardworking Indian and Chinese migrants perform so well in Western countries.
Same in uk
Economic 101 fail.
@@obsidianjane4413 Could not agree with you more. Poro167 has just made the most erroneous statement and has no clue about how life works.
The problem is Airbnb owners, Hedge Funds ...
That and the fact that the central government controls the port and the airport, so it's impossible for local governments to curb arrivals in any way at all.
Same in UK problem is not eu citizens but owners and goverment including home office !
Hedge funds are a parasitic abomination.
Hedge funds? I think you mean Private Equity. Hedge funds prefer more liquid investments,real estate isn't liquid.
Yes, and no tourists destroys both.
Went to Barcelona last week, none of the Spaniards refused my spendings there and told me to go home instead
Wow, what an intelligent comment, in Barcelona probably 80% of businesses in tourism aren't spaniards and btw even if they don't like you certainly they won't at least not taking your money...next time try to ask someone to help you out understanding the world
They need to stop short term bnb, I used to love them as a tourist of course but then it happened to my neighborhood and not I’ve seen the light, we should banned short term rentals and tourist should only book in hotels
But really it's not just Airbnb. It's just too many people visiting places which were never planned to accommodate so many of them. Basically you're visiting a place and most of the time being stuck looking at the back of the people in front of you.
In Mexican tourist cities like Cancun, Los Cabos, Nayarit, Oaxaca or Mexico City we are used to tourism, we have never attacked anyone who decides to visit us and everyone returns to their countries happy, I attribute it to a problem of idiosyncrasy, the average Spaniard is not very friendly, polite nor hospitable (I didn't have a very good time in Madrid).
I would love to go to Mexico City one day. I don’t know too much about Spain, but my sister went in the late 90’s for a travel abroad experience. She noticed that her Korean friend experienced a lot of racism there at that time. And also people around her and her friends kept complaining about how all Americans were fat (my sister is only 92 lbs she’s tiny). Actually she gained weight in Spain which made my mother so happy, but only momentarily as she lost it rapidly after a week back in the States. 😂
qué tonterías dices del español medio, manito, a cuántos españoles medios conoces?. Por lo menos aquí, no te pegan un tiro para robarte un "selular", por ser periodista, o por ser candidato político, ni hay vagones de metro sólo para mujeres para que no las manoseen...., será que es vuestra idiosincrasia, estuve en Méjico, sí, con jota, y también percibí vuestro resentimiento y amargura hacia los españoles, culpándonos de todos vuestros males, así que no, no TODOS, vuelven felices a sus casas.
Adiós y que tengas un buen día.
....and not very clever!
@@elcee8you and your family are welcome in Mexico- our food is better than Spains too
naahhh spaniards are nice. Let's remember that this is a minority of people, I'm pretty sure they are many spaniards that are quite pissed of about those protests right now. Including all the people that work for the tourist industry.
When we were in Barcelona in 2010, there was a huge protest against tourists. Spains economy is based on tourism and related activities like construction but they don’t have a very well diversified economy. The unemployment rate is 13% as I write this, the highest in the EU.
That's exactly why they are protesting, get it?
@@jmcr1963 They are putting the blame on tourists while ignoring their own Spanish owner landlords renting properties, and politicians who are not building more social housing. It's the typical 'blame the foreigner' rhetoric while their real enemies go along unnoticed. Where have we seen that before?
@@jmcr1963 They are too uneducated to know that it's their governments fault :P
Scapegoating! We humans love that sport!
@@andrelockridge9109 When you idiots are without tourists and jobless, you are not getting my money :)
Their ignorance is just insane
Their anger should be directed at their government.Why is no house building dedicated to its citizens.Cancel Airbnb & charge the owners a high tax.
El problema es que el gobierno no da garantías a los propietarios para que alquilen sus viviendas, la falta de stock hace que los precios de los alquileres de larga temporada sean muy elevados, los propietarios no quieren poner sus inmuebles en alquiler ya que el gobierno apoya a que gente sin escrúpulos ocupen esas casas sin pagar un alquiler, dejando a los propietarios desprotegidos, mientras el gobierno no apoye al propietario y de garantías para que ellos puedan poner sus viviendas en alquiler la oferta de alquiler irá hacia el alquiler vacacional
@@vanessaalva9035 Hola Vanessa,
Mi habola uno poca espanol .Es Importante tener turistas .Un problema similar en Inglatera. Nace Irlanda pero vivo el Norte es Inglatera.
@@jameshealy2947 totally agree , that's what I meant in my comment
@@vanessaalva9035 Your English is better than my Spainish.
@@jameshealy2947 It’s not a safe way to build your economy around tourism. The government needs to take charge and stop this.
Spain is a country with rich history for goodness sake. It shouldn’t be taken advantage of made it an international resort for drunk tourists and tanning addicts.
Spent some time in Spain last year and loved it but... There was a fairly heavy volume of tourists on the streets of major cities that was very noticeable. Restrictions on short term apartments, especially in peak season, and limits on tour group populations in each city makes sense to retain the character and culture of this lovely country.
As they say, never bite the hand that feeds you.
I grew up in malaga, I went to school there and speak the language to a native level. I go back at least once a year to visit. This year was definitely the most hostile the locals were towards me until they heard me speak. One of the big problems they won't take into account is during the financial crises in the 2010s experts claimed they've built too many properties and had nobody to sell them to. The construction industry ground to a halt with alot of workers retraining as the news reported there were sufficient homes for the 35 years. Now they are struggling to keep up with demand and can't build houses quick enough.
This is the problem when people don't understand how economy works. A housing problem which is caused by landlords doing airbnb is now being blamed on tourists which are pouring millions of euros each year.
These people have no clue that if tourists don't go to Spain anymore then millions of them will lose their jobs and wont be able to afford appartments neither.
Finally, someone with a brain.
smart dude
The problem is that rents are so high many can't afford them as it is.
Yep, Globalism
@@bsan141again that’s a problem the government caused
In Greece we have crazy economic growth but trust me, the average citizen is almost poor
Exactly... I live in Crete and my wife earns for 40h a week job 750€ included the child bonus you get every month. Our rent is 800 for 63 sqm and our electricity bill is 50 euros a month. Now the tourists doesnt understand that because they earn 2-5k € a month and live like kings here. 1 gyros is 5 € in Chania and the quality is almost dogfood. Tragic
More than 10% of Spain's economy comes from tourism. Tourists are coming to save a country that was going downhill. Why are you complaining?😂😂
We in Florida feel your pain 100%. The funny thing is that these tourist say things like "if it were not for us, you wouldn't have money to buy anything"..............................ignorance. As far as the growth goes, growth doesn't care about the natives or their lives. Everything the man says about the prices going so high that locals can't afford anything anymore, THIS IS TRUE. It's time for the local government to step up and do something. Not only in Spain but in Florida in the US and other places also. It's getting to the point where you can't even find anyone on the street that is actually from Florida and it's going to get that way in Spain and other places also. Those that think I'm stupid for saying this, live in places nobody wants to visit OR they are one of the tourist that never left one of the places I've mentioned.
As a spanish from Catalonia. I do not agree with this. It is not the tourists fault. Those who have been profiting from it are the ones to blame.
Turist brings money to the country and contribute to its growth. I don’t want my country to suffer, however, i also think that tourism should drastically drop so they can face the reality of what the country is without tourism. The economy would be much worse…
I have always said the way Spain does politics is obsolete and not the best one. We still got lots to learn.
I understand where they are coming from, however, there has to be a better solution than blaming tourists
Unfortunately tourists will be replaced by millions of illegal immigrants, who will have to be supported by the tax Payers, the hotels and probably air bnb will be housed by them ,then your country will really suffer, as they don't go home either. hope this don't happen as Spain is a beautiful country.
In Barcelona plus for example a lot of stealing....and nobody cares. @missladybug319
@@missladybug319Omg we know where you hail from😂
it is the tourists' fault if they arrogantly treat the city with contempt showing no respect for the wellbeing of locals.
@@missladybug319 scapgoating and blaming "illegeal immigrants" and tourists for government policies as usual, you're definitely an American trump supporter.
They should blame the politicians not the tourists
Problem is that they aren’t listening.
They aren't blaming, they are just doing something to discourage tourists and its working
@@Coconut2050ll Spain lives from tourism. After joining the EU sold its industry to Germany and degraded its agriculture to please France. If tourism is not properly managed Spain has nothing. So yes, we should blame the politicians for this mess
Rude disrespectful tourists. Traffic jams. Prices growth.
as Italian, I totally agree with this. Local people cannot afford to go anymore the cost of life
excessively high rent seems to be global.
Meanwhile, my country is shouting for tourists to visit us!
It’s hot in the Philippines
Look forward to visiting your country buddy. Respect from India.
Your point is?
@@RaphaelManalo Here is my point (.) Did you see it?
I will like to visit Philippines too, but I don’t like to solo travel so I’ll rather bring someone with me hehe
Good for them. It’s good that locals speak up, voice concerns and are and respected as a community. Hopefully they are able to develop a sustainable tourism model and hopefully others follow. Where money flows, community is too often overlooked.
I go to Spain and it's islands regularly,I behave myself,spend plenty of money and respect their culture and am always polite to a fault.
I don't own a villa or apartment there.
But I'm going to obey their wishes and go to Portugal this year.
They're very welcoming.
well done guiri!!! you are not welcome in Spain
keep your money polite boy and get out
@@Zjr8 I get that,so as I said I'm going to listen.
I understand too much immigration is damaging to any country,but tourism is one of Spain's top industries.
I love going to Spain,but I also love Portugal.
They're our oldest allies after all,and will undoubtedly benefit from increased tourism and not only from the UK.
Unfortunately the Germans don't spend as much money as the Brits,but every little helps!
Adiós amigo.
😉
Ps,calm down little man!
😁
@@Bobmudu35UK we dont want the money from drunk people, from ungly german brits people, drink beers at home not in my beautiful country... Spain for spanish, I prefer to be poor 10000000 times that have to see your pale face in my streets. Not welcome. Go to Portugal or France!!!
@@Bobmudu35UK NOT WELCOME
Those protests will stop the biggest stream of income they have. I’ll take my dollars somewhere else.
Portugal is going through the same thing it will get to a point where renting and buying will be impossible for locals
It's called "changing demographics" and it happens EVERYWHERE.
It's the government's inability to properly regulate housing, not the tourists.
Just visit Morocco, twice the sunlight and just half an hour across the Mediterranean, and people are welcoming.
Not great if you don't like being harassed everywhere you go though. Not safe to walk around alone.
Having talked to Spanish people (3 so far), they do not like foreigners, even though the problem is definitely not the tourists, it is the home owners
You can tell them they ass are not welcome to be tourists as well, they should not be hypocrites.
So 3 Spanish people don't like foreigners so the whole Spain doesn't like foreigners 😅😅😅
not all foreigners but a very specific type which Barcelona attracts a lot.
Not true,we love tourits
Not true, we hate tourists
Pretty ironic and hilarious that countries like Spain and Portugal complain about people coming into their countries.
😂😊
They didn’t migrate or tour around the world, they settled on unbuilt lands, built their own empires from the ground up.
@@E_Rex_Sean Aztecs: "Is this b*ch serious"?
@E_Rex_Sean he's implying they're colonial empires -- which they are.
And this comment won’t make it less hostile for you
But Spain receives many, many tourists, too many. It is the largest, or second destination in the world. And this has its ecological impacts and the quality of life of its inhabitants. Money, economy is not everything.
Spain is a wonderful country to live in.❤🇪🇸❤
Targeting tourists instead of the root of the problem lol They seem very bright and practical.
Be careful what you ask for without knowing the implications.
I had been living in Thailand for many years - mostly in tourist destinations. Thai law restricts short term rentals for private property (rental period needs to be minimum 30 days). BUT, this law is rarely enforced. So in the end many regular condos are still offered on _irbnb. And the Thai locals are fucked up as well. Laws and regulations are nice but won’t discourage greedy home owners to offer them for short term rentals.
I was just in Barcelona and did not encounter any issues or witness these protests. I rented a hotel because Air BnB is often no longer a cheaper alternative and can be quite the opposite with all of the cleaning fees hosts have. I can empathize with the Spanish people though as we in Toronto also have a housing affordability and availability crisis which has gotten out of hand.
people need to understand that GDP growth doesn't always reflect on the quality of life for most of the population... As I'm writing this I noticed there is another comment saying the same thing, in other words.
I'll still leave this here.
Well it depends on what the goals are. GDP equals national strength. If a country is fine being not independent in foreign or trade policy GDP can be ignored.
GDP growth translates to QoL improvement only if you are asset owner. Most of the people in rich welfare states are entitled and have high consumption rate (for their earning potential), and hence keeps on running on hamster wheel forever. Any welfare entitlement stops or prices rise, or even if they see others prospering more, they are immediately upset. One needs to understand, why frugal and hardworking Indian and Chinese migrants perform so well in Western countries.
@@bulthaosen1169 No it does not. The only useful thing GDP shows is potential for financial gain for big fish and to mention it at rallies. GDP has thus became a target, and consequently a bad metric.
If every third household started a backyard garden and feeds two neighbours and their own families (theoretically of course), GDP would plummet by 5-10% while starving children would drop to 0%. Or what about car fuel sales? They account for a massive part of the economy, but it's just a net expense for all businesses and everyday people, pollutes the environment around you, while all the money goes to fat fish in foreign tax havens leaving no jobs or technology or expertise at the source.
Welfare states that provide tax paid education, healthcare etc., often have more equity in high quality of life but these sectors contribute less to GDP on paper (see extremely high US healthcare and tuition costs). Same goes for other public services and wealth like clean air, public transport and I'd wager even national defense.
You’re right but people are idiots who don’t want to try and understand
@@DesignFIaw you do realize what you just said equals less national power right? The country and the individual are not the same. Otherwise Lichtenstein would be world power. Not US.
Well this video is not accurate at all. People are not blaming European tourists and of course it's not an Air B'n'B problem. The point is that the Government is allowing banks and big companies buy buildings and try to kick out people from their homes, no matter if they are old people with nowhere else to go. All those buildings, even whole streets, are to be overpriced rented to tourists, increasing the rents everywhere in the city and letting only a few places to live in. The protest is against the Government and I'm shocked that this channel is so sensationalist not to say the truth.
Cliched drivel. Tell me which apartment buildings are owned by banks? It's not their business skill. Stop being brainwashed into hating on business, just because they are an easy target.
if people's temporary visit gave you such frustration then what were you thinking while colonizing 50 countries??
I'm from Spain and also from Andalucía. People are not blaming Tourist, the problem is politicians, as always here in Spain.
In Malaga as a many other cities, Cadiz, Sevilla, Barcelona, Canary Islands. They are developing Houses to rent only for Tourist, because spanish poor people can not afford the rent for that apartments and there is not more houses.
So Spanish people can not live in our cities. The rent for Appartments could be 1000€ or more only for 15 days, and that a whole month of our salary if we have a work of 40h.
Majority of people we dont have that salary
culpa tuya por votar a Txapote, Sanchez y Cía, no me dais pena...
I was there 2 weeks ago. Everyone was pleasant. Great country and people.
Don’t doubt your experiences, but understand that you wouldn’t have penetrated all aspects of civic society. Also things can be grumbling beneath the surface, before erupting publicly, like these protests
Apparently not
im headed there soon, good to hear (staying in a hotel)