Overtourism in Barcelona and its effect on urbanism - Life-Sized Travel
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Mikael presents an excerpt from the S03 episode of The Life-Sized City in Barcelona about the massive challenges cities face because of overtourism. Pre-pandemic, the city saw over 30 million tourists a year - as many as travel to Greece - and Mikael interviews the local activist from ABTS, Martí Cuso Coll about efforts being made to force policy changes that benefit the locals - instead of only the tourism industry.
It's about how destructive overtourism is, how NOT to use a tourist tax, cruise ships polluting cities and locals being pushed out of the most basic aspects of life in their own city.
A cautionary tale as we look towards post-pandemic travel patterns. This episode is a part of the developing brand called Life-Sized Travel.
Links Mikael mentions in the introduction:
Gadekamp 6 episodes:
www.tv2lorry.dk/gadekamp/gade...
Life-Sized City urbanism podcast:
/ the-life-sized-city-se...
100 Things I'll Miss When I'm Dead
100things.buzzsprout.com/
Aux vélos citoyens ! Danish urban design exhibition:
www.colville-andersen.com/aux...
lebicolore.dk/aux-velos-citoyens
The cyclist garbage can is produced in Denmark by:
g9.dk
Citychangers.org
citychangers.org/
0:00 Introduction
3:21 Overtourism in Barcelona
The Anthony Bourdain of urbanism is back!
As someone who used to visit Barcelona every year on holiday I became uneasy about the way the city was being over-run with tourist and the impact it was housing on housing & the local community, to the point that I stopped going in 2016 as there were just to many tourist.
its like how people talk about traffick. your not in traffic you're the traffic
Went there in 2018 and somehow we were not aware of the problem. We even walked far enough, as we usually do, to get to some residential areas without (other) tourists, but I think this is impossible in Barcelona. We were everywhere.
It's a pity to feel unwelcomed as well. The taxes are definitely too low. Sadly money are always first priority in today's world even if it's detrimental to our quality of life.
Wow, you have been creating so many cool resources over the year!
Having seen all these videos on Barcelona's overcrowding problem, I'll probably never visit the city.
You can visit easily during off-season periods, the city is still beautiful!
Lived there in 2021, so over tourism is like ongoing even in pandemic
Another great video
I genuinely can't believe that cruise ships are allowed to exist. There is no upside, just pollution and too many people.
We have a new super-major in Copenhagen.
Any chance of her listning to your advise?
Probably not.
Overtourism isn't really an issue in Copenhagen, is it? Not like Barcelona, Amsterdam, Venice, Prague, etc
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No, but there are so many other things that could be better.
Further adding comments promotes videos in YT, and that was the main purpose.
someone please explain the viking vegvisir symbol at bottom right
We're developing Life-Sized Travel as a part of the life-sized city universe. That's the logo.
Kom lige til Amsterdam og hjælp os med samme problem!
Tourism is not the problem. Political corruption is the problem.
how to solve the tourism problem anywhere:
Step 1: Do a socialism. Nationalize the tourism industries so profits from tourists go into infrastructure or subsidizing food, education, etc. Furthermore, if the city council behaves democratically, then decisions about the price of things, how many restaurants, building apartments, wages to employees of hotels, etc. would be made by residents and neighbors, not evil corporations.
Step 2: Implement a free lottery for tourists. Simply limit the number of non-residents who can visit. Maybe 10 million a year for barcelona, each lasts up to a month. Enforcement will be a little tricky, but it can be figured out. Should be free so students and middle-class people can visit just as easily as upper-class people.
In this way, the residents of barcelona can decide for themselves to bring more people in to increase city revenue, or decrease to reduce overcrowding.
Really the problem comes down to whether the city council is corrupt or democratic. Obviously marxists would say the economic forces will always eventually control the political system, but resistance might not be futile.
middle-class people in the US are practically rich in europe as far as income.
Just come to the USA. You can cross for FREE @ the Southern border, and the USA will give you FREE MONEY and shelter too. You don't need a passport and can stay as long as you want.