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Barcelona will eliminate ALL tourist apartments in 2028 following local backlash: 10,000-plus licences will expire in huge blow for platforms like Airbnb (www.theolivepress.es)

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[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 0 points 1 month ago

Tourism is cancer.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Tourism is annoying. Do you know what is cancer, though? Actual cancer.

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 1 month ago

Unchecked tourism is cancer that killing best historical urban locations and natural resources. Works just the same :)

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

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.

They’re clearly the same, yes. /s