@@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.
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
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.
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...
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.
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.
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!
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.
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. 😂
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.
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.
@@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...
@@ablib I mentioning Barcelona because there one of the main hot spot for tourism in Spain...Barcelona economy are driven by tourism especially their football team
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
literally in Ibiza doctors, nurses, teachers, waiters...were/are living in cars because their salaries dont even cover the rent. a lot of them didnt even want to go to ibiza, they would rather go back all the way down to the least of profesionals to be selected that going there, cause it was imposible to live there. Imagine being a freaking doc or a teacher and having to share room with 4, 5 or 6 people only to pay rent and also be able to pay for food and maybe gas. like, wtf not to mention what you said...the locals have to live their towns and move away, for the whole area to become a "hotel city". like...screw tourist. who wouldnt think that? They get to live in my town and i have to go to away or to a village to be able to pay rent...it's insane
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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...
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.
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.
@@FitraHomestead sadly people never learn from history. nazis and every political scumbag uses this as advantage over blaming the actual rich n powerful
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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...
@@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
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.
😂 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.
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.
When you struggle to find housing because everything turned into an Airbnb, you will complain too. Tourism isn't worth it if locals can't even live well anymore
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.
@@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?!
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.
@@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. 🙄
@@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.
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.
@@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.
@@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
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.
@@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.
@@mariaagosti-pm7tk Exactly! I've been there many times, not just as a traveler, but also living there, working, paying taxes. While I understand the frustration and anger about badly behaved tourists and mass tourism, these individuals can often be very noisy and angry, unfairly categorizing everyone as "bad bad tourists" in the wrong direction. In highly gentrified areas, it's not surprising that locals might see all outsiders as part of the problem. However, just as there are close-minded individuals everywhere who oversimplify things, there are also great people who are open-minded and not blinded by prejudice. The people portrayed here do not represent what I have experienced. It’s a shame, as it creates division, and doesn’t do justice to the many open-minded individuals, including those who might travel themselves.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
@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.
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.
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.
@@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?
As a Spaniard, I don't approve of this. The Spain I know is very welcoming to everybody. Please, take into account that this is very localized in very stressed areas and only a minority of people. However, even though I can understand their frustration, that does not justify this and TOURISTS ARE NOT TO BE BLAMED. I bet most of us like to go to other places and feel welcome and have a good time. Life is getting pretty rough already to have such bad experiences in the little time we have to enjoy. I feel very sorry for the tourists that suffered this harrassment, and being sprayed with water can only be done by kids or child-minded people, obviously. This would be a good opportunity for fellow tourists to visit more other parts of our beautiful country. We have many cities and small towns that you are going to love and be at peace, my friends. The amount of xenophobia and aggressiveness these days is really worrisome. Chill out, fellas. Hate is rotting the world. People tend to release their frustrations against the ones that have nothing to do with the root of their problems. Get together and look for solutions in a civilized manner, go to the city hall and express your desires as a community with the ones you voted to be there. And remember that we live in a very connected world and your actions can affect the image of your fellow neighbours. After this, people all over the world must think that Spaniards are unthankful spoiled kids governed by tantrums.
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.
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.
The tourist invasion is so destroying, I knew this because I was a fisherman in Antalya, our area was empty, only forests and no buildings, all natural, expenses, we were happy with ourselves, life is simple, after a few years, the tourist boom starts non-stop, big hotels constructions and I'll keep it short: some hotel beach areas They didn't want me and my boat fishing on those shores, they were trying to throw me outJet skis, parachutes and tourist yachts invaded the shores where we once fished, and they started snoring at us fishermen and were kicking out tourists because they were swimming here., but what about the sea water? In order to reduce the electricity costs of all these hotels, they started discharging sewage water into the sea late at night without filtering and cleaning it. No one could notice this late at night, but we, as fishermen, knew about all these crimes! Our happy years, our natural life are over! now is year 2024 ım no more fishermen .ı learned one thing from my long life ,the human race destroying everything for own benefite and ambition .like a wurm in a appel fruite until whole appel is rotten eating the appel ( do you think in africa /serengeti the animals are happy with jeeps conwoys full of tourist ?)
hmmm but thats not tourists' invasion, its your own people creating opportunities out of nothing, in the name of tourism while destroying your nature. why blaming tourists?
Blame your hotels and government, not the tourists themselves. If you're the kind of person that doesn't travel you're purely looking at it from your biased perspective. I fully get your story, but it's not this simple, we live in a democratic capitalistic world. The opposite is North Korea. I bet you'll have your happy simple life there just fine.
Your government is the problem, they could take care of most of this if they enforced the laws. How could tourists know about the sewage being discharged?
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
I understand the concerns of Spaniards, but this outward hostility to visitors really paints Spain in a bad light. Tourism accounts for 13% of Spain’s GDP, and provides millions of jobs. If even a quarter of that goes away, Spain is in trouble, and every Spaniard will feel it. They need to apply pressure to their political leaders, not get in the face of tourists paying a lot of money to simply have a pleasant holiday.
As a spaniard, I am disgusted this is happening, they are very misinformed and I know by a fact that they will love to participate in Airbnb business if they would get a chance🤦
coming to visit barca in a few weeks, and I hope I can meet some nice locals who dont hate me for visiting, I love making new friends overseas but im worried everyone if oging to be hostile to me
Tourists are the most ideal clientele you could have. They pay a made up tourist tax. They pay the regular tax at each transaction: leisure, accommodation, food and drinks, etc. With increasing demand they create local jobs. And most importantly, they leave. How can you be so unthankful? Don't be mad at the individuals participating in the system, be mad at the people who are supposed to shape the system to your liking.
You're clueless. Tons of tourists use illegal accommodation or Airbnb, which is a big part of the problem. Cheap tourism is growing exponentially, and they don't want that.
@@Xiroi87 Spain has a 11.7% unemployment rate in May 2024. They couldn't afford w/o tourists. For the AirBnb issue you have to turn towards regulators, not tourists or the people who take advantage of the legal sub rental system.
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 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.
Nowadays, both Japan and Spain blame tourists, but they encourage tourism and get high income. Didn't both countries cry just two years ago when tourists stopped coming because of the coronavirus?🙄
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
@@hazzehummuz6688 I've seen Spaniards in Rome, Istanbul, etc. They like to get out too. And when I taught in Spain, students would tell me of different countries they've visited.
@@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
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.
My heart goes to Spain. These are the same issues Hawaii has been facing for many decades and it's only grown worse. The tourism has just been really bad not just for the locals but the local environment as well. And it's really tough because majority of it's economy has been stuck relying on tourism painfully. Not that we're not grateful for tourist coming, but the tourism industry (not the tourist themselves, the industry and economy system) and complicated dependence on tourism has been more negative than postive in many cases. Not because the people of Hawaii wanted this initially, but because it was what American coloninizers and foriegn settlers wanted, to make more profit. It's in the history books since the the early plantation era. The native Hawaiians describe their land being feminized and exploited like a prostitute. It was mostly women you saw in vintage Hawaii vacation advertisement to dress Hawaii as submissive. There's a whole can of worms to all that but I got my fist up with Spain and proud of them for speaking up.
In this case, the question isn't if your country is doing well, in comparison with other countries. It is if there is inequality inside your country...
@@miloslavski6149 There is always one of these post-soviet dudes with commie trauma... Did you see me mention communism? They really can't hear the word "equality"... It gives them flashbacks... Take your pills mate...
@@miloslavski6149 I can't believe we still need to explain people the difference between striving for a just society; and using empty promises to bait people into autocracy... Valuing equality is now considered communism, ladies and gentlemen...
My question to these protestors is have they never travelled outside of Spain, be it to Italy , France or Switzerland. If they have then how dare they hold signs saying tourist go home! They are barking up the wrong tree... they need to talk to their local govt offices to apply restrictions and bring laws to reduce tourists so there is a good balance to between tourism economy and affordable housing for locals.
The people who are protesting aren't the educated or professional classes, to be fair. Barcelona hosts cruise ships that disgorge thousands of people into the city for the day, but they don't stay overnight so have ZERO impact on accommodation options. Protesting against those tourists, claiming high property prices as the reason, has zero logic to it.
In Denmark, we have a law called residence obligation. Residence obligation means that you, as the owner of a year-round home, have a duty to ensure that the home is occupied at least 180 days a year. If you own a year-round home, you are therefore obliged to live in it yourself or to ensure that the home is rented out for year-round living.
What a proof required that you actually lived in there for half year? It's not like somebody tell to authorithes that he didn't saw you for 7 month and that's it, I guess?
@@someperson8649 No, it's a very good thing. My country suffers from so called "investors" - ppl who buys the flats to save their money (since percent for bank deposits is much smaller than flat price rise). They'll buy ANY flat, preferably cheap one which create "demands" for shitty houses with no infrastructure around cos "investors" has no plans to live there anyway. And you ends up houses with lots empty flats around and super dense blocks of houses who uses infrastructure of others. That's also means these absent owners doesn't care for house and surrounding and absent from any votes wich require percent from all owners present not just majority from attendanties, house maintence can't be maid due their absence since communications goes trought closed to access flats.
Not simillar at all. In Miami Beach, which is where you are talking about, it's not espresso sippers staying in 200 dollars a night airbnbs in miami beach. Its full on hood hooligan trash packing heat.
@@jorgemoyano1728 I don't know of those two places. I did live in Malaga a couple years back and have the unfortunate need to pass through south beach miami a couple times a year. It is absolutely 2 different classes of tourists. South beach couldn't get any worse. I'm sure there is euro-trash tourism in spain. But still, apples and oranges.
This is so dumb and click baity. If any country like the US or UK had its citizens attacking foreigners there would be an international outcry and sanctions. Apparently, getting assaulted with water in Barcelona is OK? This needs to be condemned by Barcelona officials and Spain or sanctions should be placed on the country. Tourism btw support Barcelona heartily; there's just a dumb populist political movement creating this current issue.
@@str20025 The idea of sanctions is too extreme, but officials should think about educating the protestors about how tourism benefits them. Trouble is, the authorities in Barcelona are as left wing as the protestors and maybe they themselves need to be educated.
@@faragatanfarra Tourism is 12.7% of your GDP. Claiming that "No tourism" (which is a stupid idea in the first place, and impossible for a Western Country) would not affect Spain is naïve. Deberían comenzar por los dueños de Airbnb que compran propiedades como imbéciles para el uso de turistas por todas partes. Esto es la queja principal: el hecho de que los servicios de renta temporal de propiedades para turistas estén dejando a miles de españoles sin un lugar donde vivir, mientras que estas propiedades sólo están siendo utilizadas por una parte del año. Pero veo que muchos sólo se quejan por quejarse, sin entender la raíz del problema. Incluyéndote, que estás pidiendo "Detener el turismo" cuando no tienes ni idea de lo que esto implicaría.
@@faragatanfarrayou won't be saying that when you lose your tourist based job. Remember that Tourist money flows around a local community multiple time before it leaves. Itputs food on the table for many many families. That is 13% of your economy, but the impact probably goes much further when you take into account food, insurance and many other industries. Do you really think you locals alone can sustain all the restaurants and small businesses that are based on tourism in your small towns and villages?
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 💙
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
dont native hawaiians get some kinda discount pass that gives them like 90% off? I remember hearing something along the lines of that ages ago so grain of salt and allat
@@duncansmith7562 Considering all global economies are primarily driven by political legislation that directs both private and public invest to certain sectors, you're about 50 years late on this comment.
Tourism isn’t cheap or easy money and that is why there are all the complaints. Limiting tourism is one solution but what they should be doing is limiting the use of short term lets that are driving up property prices. Which is the one thing they won’t do as the people in power probably have investments in property.
This in return for homes and apartments at a decent price for locals, to live within their means. Happening in my city too, no place for young workers, couples, etc.
AirBnB is a cancer that has spread housing supply problems throughout the world. It’s here in Australia too. Locals priced out living in their own towns. Sky high rental prices and a feeding frenzy every home open. People on full time incomes living in their cars because they just can’t find anywhere to rent. I despise AirBnB
I can't blame locals for being upset and we are a travel agency saying that. People need to spread their wings and travel wiser. There are other places on the planet that could benefit from tourism. I personally don't like traveling to a place where hordes of tourists impact my experience. That said, airbnb property owners, especially the corporations buying up properties are the worst culprits. Governments should stop the foreign investors from buying up residential homes for tourism profits or tax them out. This over tourism and greed is is true in many places around the world and lots of locals around the world have had enough. People are being driven out of their homes and many travelers typically could care less how they impact a place. Airbnb is no bargain anymore and consumers should care more about how they spend their tourism dollars and consider that impact they make. When people overrun a place, the price of accommodations and services go up and quality goes down. Be smarter. And while I am bitchin' .... for the love of mankind, if you are living your life best through Instagram and Tik Tok and planning based on what is seen there, please just stop. I could puke thinking of all the tourists I see going to a place just to snap a selfie and experience nothing else there.
@@IIl_393 First of all, I never condoned assaulting people, but what's stupid is people who think a water gun is an assault weapon. To think, people fly from all over the world to go to Songkran in Thailand.
@@soulfreetravels To think using "Water gun" as a form of harassment is considered illegal by the law. okay ? unless you are in a place where crime is not punishable by the authorities
@@IIl_393 I get it. Clearly you love an argument and obviously care more about people getting a little wet and needing to get a change of clothes over people becoming homeless and priced out if their neighborhoods. It's amazing to me what your take away is from the post I made.
We were in Madrid and Granada in March and were treated very kindly in all of the shops and restaurants. We had no issues but we do our very best to be respectful and kind. I understand that they have an issue to work out. However, striking out at tourists is pretty backwards way to go about it. Hope they can get it worked out cause we would love to go back soon.
I fully understand the locals concerns. I think there are too many people with the time and finances spending most of it on holidays. We need to think about our impact, vary and/or ration our leisure activities. I try to go to quieter places in the UK.
Workers in Europe haven't had a decent salary rise in the last 15 years. If they increase the salaries in proportion to prices then people can afford housing, food and education.
@@valentinkrajzelman4649 How? Shelter prices come down only during recession. And food prices never come down unless we somehow magically produce more at lower costs.
exacly gdp doesnt translate to a better life for the people living there its all plus we are a tax haven so its all counted with corperate profits but that money doesnt go into the people hardly at all.
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?😊
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.
"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.
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😂
UA-cam timed me out LOL
Let the white man in 😂
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
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
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. 😂
Thanks. You see the picture. Even in Kenya. They own property and (some) not all go to Kenya to enjoy sex tourism!
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.
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...
@@ablib I mentioning Barcelona because there one of the main hot spot for tourism in Spain...Barcelona economy are driven by tourism especially their football team
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
literally in Ibiza doctors, nurses, teachers, waiters...were/are living in cars because their salaries dont even cover the rent. a lot of them didnt even want to go to ibiza, they would rather go back all the way down to the least of profesionals to be selected that going there, cause it was imposible to live there. Imagine being a freaking doc or a teacher and having to share room with 4, 5 or 6 people only to pay rent and also be able to pay for food and maybe gas. like, wtf
not to mention what you said...the locals have to live their towns and move away, for the whole area to become a "hotel city". like...screw tourist. who wouldnt think that? They get to live in my town and i have to go to away or to a village to be able to pay rent...it's insane
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.
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...
😂😂😂
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?
No one from Spain has ever visited another country???
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...
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.
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
People never put the blame where it belongs.
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
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
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.
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!”
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
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.
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.
When you struggle to find housing because everything turned into an Airbnb, you will complain too. Tourism isn't worth it if locals can't even live well anymore
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.
Does this mean that they never visit anybody else’s country as a tourist as this would be hypocritical wouldn’t it?
Hello Linda, how are you doing today.
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. 🙄
....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
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.
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
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
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.
@@mariaagosti-pm7tk Exactly! I've been there many times, not just as a traveler, but also living there, working, paying taxes. While I understand the frustration and anger about badly behaved tourists and mass tourism, these individuals can often be very noisy and angry, unfairly categorizing everyone as "bad bad tourists" in the wrong direction. In highly gentrified areas, it's not surprising that locals might see all outsiders as part of the problem. However, just as there are close-minded individuals everywhere who oversimplify things, there are also great people who are open-minded and not blinded by prejudice. The people portrayed here do not represent what I have experienced. It’s a shame, as it creates division, and doesn’t do justice to the many open-minded individuals, including those who might travel themselves.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ..
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.
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.
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
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 :)
As a Spaniard, I don't approve of this. The Spain I know is very welcoming to everybody. Please, take into account that this is very localized in very stressed areas and only a minority of people. However, even though I can understand their frustration, that does not justify this and TOURISTS ARE NOT TO BE BLAMED. I bet most of us like to go to other places and feel welcome and have a good time. Life is getting pretty rough already to have such bad experiences in the little time we have to enjoy. I feel very sorry for the tourists that suffered this harrassment, and being sprayed with water can only be done by kids or child-minded people, obviously. This would be a good opportunity for fellow tourists to visit more other parts of our beautiful country. We have many cities and small towns that you are going to love and be at peace, my friends. The amount of xenophobia and aggressiveness these days is really worrisome. Chill out, fellas. Hate is rotting the world. People tend to release their frustrations against the ones that have nothing to do with the root of their problems. Get together and look for solutions in a civilized manner, go to the city hall and express your desires as a community with the ones you voted to be there. And remember that we live in a very connected world and your actions can affect the image of your fellow neighbours. After this, people all over the world must think that Spaniards are unthankful spoiled kids governed by tantrums.
Well said 👏
More countries need to take Switzerland's approach to housing, heavily restricting what residential properties can be owned from overseas.
All in all, it is living crisis,not the fault of tourists.
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.
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.
They think it’s bad now. What until the government has less money to spend. There’s a relationship between the two even at a basic level….
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.
The tourist invasion is so destroying, I knew this because I was a fisherman in Antalya, our area was empty, only forests and no buildings, all natural, expenses, we were happy with ourselves, life is simple, after a few years, the tourist boom starts non-stop, big hotels constructions and I'll keep it short: some hotel beach areas
They didn't want me and my boat fishing on those shores, they were trying to throw me outJet skis, parachutes and tourist yachts invaded the shores where we once fished, and they started snoring at us fishermen and were kicking out tourists because they were swimming here., but what about the sea water? In order to reduce the electricity costs of all these hotels, they started discharging sewage water into the sea late at night without filtering and cleaning it. No one could notice this late at night, but we, as fishermen, knew about all these crimes! Our happy years, our natural life are over! now is year 2024 ım no more fishermen .ı learned one thing from my long life ,the human race destroying everything for own benefite and ambition .like a wurm in a appel fruite until whole appel is rotten eating the appel ( do you think in africa /serengeti the animals are happy with jeeps conwoys full of tourist ?)
Thank you for sharing that.
hmmm but thats not tourists' invasion, its your own people creating opportunities out of nothing, in the name of tourism while destroying your nature. why blaming tourists?
Blame your hotels and government, not the tourists themselves. If you're the kind of person that doesn't travel you're purely looking at it from your biased perspective. I fully get your story, but it's not this simple, we live in a democratic capitalistic world. The opposite is North Korea. I bet you'll have your happy simple life there just fine.
Your government is the problem, they could take care of most of this if they enforced the laws. How could tourists know about the sewage being discharged?
They’re getting their message across. Was thinking of doing a trip in Barcelona, now would rather spend my money somewhere else 😂
You will not be missed.
@lif6737see you next week😢
Na we have to double down on tourism to Spain now😂
literally no one cares
Knew these comments were coming 😂
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
“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.
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.
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.
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?
I understand the concerns of Spaniards, but this outward hostility to visitors really paints Spain in a bad light. Tourism accounts for 13% of Spain’s GDP, and provides millions of jobs. If even a quarter of that goes away, Spain is in trouble, and every Spaniard will feel it. They need to apply pressure to their political leaders, not get in the face of tourists paying a lot of money to simply have a pleasant holiday.
As a spaniard, I am disgusted this is happening, they are very misinformed and I know by a fact that they will love to participate in Airbnb business if they would get a chance🤦
Exactly! They are jealous of property owners and join an aggressive movement to ease their angst! Go to the ayuntamiento not the tourist
My Spanish friends say the same. This people just lazy and silly . Sadly for such beautiful country.
coming to visit barca in a few weeks, and I hope I can meet some nice locals who dont hate me for visiting, I love making new friends overseas but im worried everyone if oging to be hostile to me
Tourists are the most ideal clientele you could have. They pay a made up tourist tax. They pay the regular tax at each transaction: leisure, accommodation, food and drinks, etc. With increasing demand they create local jobs. And most importantly, they leave. How can you be so unthankful? Don't be mad at the individuals participating in the system, be mad at the people who are supposed to shape the system to your liking.
You're clueless. Tons of tourists use illegal accommodation or Airbnb, which is a big part of the problem. Cheap tourism is growing exponentially, and they don't want that.
@@Xiroi87 you will find no tourism much worse pal
@@Xiroi87 Spain has a 11.7% unemployment rate in May 2024. They couldn't afford w/o tourists.
For the AirBnb issue you have to turn towards regulators, not tourists or the people who take advantage of the legal sub rental system.
@@Xiroi87 refugees welcome though right bud?
@@RedOneM why do you think they are demonstrating?
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.
I see what they mean, it's made for tourists and like he said becoming too expensive, and feels like a theme park. Have to hear them out.
Nowadays, both Japan and Spain blame tourists, but they encourage tourism and get high income. Didn't both countries cry just two years ago when tourists stopped coming because of the coronavirus?🙄
It's as if Spaniards have different opinions on different subjects and that they're not a homogenous entity.
Which part of "We don't want so many tourists" you don't get?
Spain has been in the top 3 countries receiving most tourists for decades, often number 1. Japan, not even close. Bad comparison
@@astronotics531it’s one subject. Tourism and tourism.
Yep. They were crying because tourism dried up. Shocking 😅
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)
*_Those against tourists should restrict themselves from traveling outside their country. _*
they should also close their borders to refugees
They cant even dream to travel outside of their country because of mass tourism, so ignorant people...
@@hazzehummuz6688 I've seen Spaniards in Rome, Istanbul, etc. They like to get out too. And when I taught in Spain, students would tell me of different countries they've visited.
They were rude before the anti-tourism.
Apparently they don't need tourist dollars! So why go there?
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
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.
My heart goes to Spain. These are the same issues Hawaii has been facing for many decades and it's only grown worse. The tourism has just been really bad not just for the locals but the local environment as well. And it's really tough because majority of it's economy has been stuck relying on tourism painfully. Not that we're not grateful for tourist coming, but the tourism industry (not the tourist themselves, the industry and economy system) and complicated dependence on tourism has been more negative than postive in many cases. Not because the people of Hawaii wanted this initially, but because it was what American coloninizers and foriegn settlers wanted, to make more profit. It's in the history books since the the early plantation era. The native Hawaiians describe their land being feminized and exploited like a prostitute. It was mostly women you saw in vintage Hawaii vacation advertisement to dress Hawaii as submissive. There's a whole can of worms to all that but I got my fist up with Spain and proud of them for speaking up.
In this case, the question isn't if your country is doing well, in comparison with other countries.
It is if there is inequality inside your country...
Move to Cuba and enjoy your equality there.
for real spain one of the best countries to live in, but no peoiple will always find time to complain about unfairness
@@miloslavski6149 There is always one of these post-soviet dudes with commie trauma...
Did you see me mention communism?
They really can't hear the word "equality"...
It gives them flashbacks...
Take your pills mate...
@@miloslavski6149 Asking for equality is being a commie? Take your pills, and go back to school buddie.
There is always one of these clowns...
@@miloslavski6149 I can't believe we still need to explain people the difference between striving for a just society; and using empty promises to bait people into autocracy...
Valuing equality is now considered communism, ladies and gentlemen...
My question to these protestors is have they never travelled outside of Spain, be it to Italy , France or Switzerland. If they have then how dare they hold signs saying tourist go home! They are barking up the wrong tree... they need to talk to their local govt offices to apply restrictions and bring laws to reduce tourists so there is a good balance to between tourism economy and affordable housing for locals.
The people who are protesting aren't the educated or professional classes, to be fair. Barcelona hosts cruise ships that disgorge thousands of people into the city for the day, but they don't stay overnight so have ZERO impact on accommodation options. Protesting against those tourists, claiming high property prices as the reason, has zero logic to it.
They invaded all the countries and finished their coutures now they think it might happen to them
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.
Spain is a wonderful country to live in.❤🇪🇸❤
In Denmark, we have a law called residence obligation. Residence obligation means that you, as the owner of a year-round home, have a duty to ensure that the home is occupied at least 180 days a year. If you own a year-round home, you are therefore obliged to live in it yourself or to ensure that the home is rented out for year-round living.
What a proof required that you actually lived in there for half year?
It's not like somebody tell to authorithes that he didn't saw you for 7 month and that's it, I guess?
That's horrifying.
@@delta_glider4362 Mobile device location data would be the first thing to look at.
@@someperson8649 No, it's a very good thing. My country suffers from so called "investors" - ppl who buys the flats to save their money (since percent for bank deposits is much smaller than flat price rise).
They'll buy ANY flat, preferably cheap one which create "demands" for shitty houses with no infrastructure around cos "investors" has no plans to live there anyway.
And you ends up houses with lots empty flats around and super dense blocks of houses who uses infrastructure of others.
That's also means these absent owners doesn't care for house and surrounding and absent from any votes wich require percent from all owners present not just majority from attendanties, house maintence can't be maid due their absence since communications goes trought closed to access flats.
funny, try to get rid from ' renting ' occupants. you will have to rent to live in. my flat was locked for years, I worked in a neighbouring country.
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
Targeting tourists instead of the root of the problem lol They seem very bright and practical.
Rude disrespectful tourists. Traffic jams. Prices growth.
Similar to Florida cities pushing back against Spring Break. While a massive economic impact, the social impact is just too much.
Not simillar at all. In Miami Beach, which is where you are talking about, it's not espresso sippers staying in 200 dollars a night airbnbs in miami beach. Its full on hood hooligan trash packing heat.
@@scottunkefer3753and what do you think it happens in Magaluf or Benidorm?
@@jorgemoyano1728 I don't know of those two places. I did live in Malaga a couple years back and have the unfortunate need to pass through south beach miami a couple times a year. It is absolutely 2 different classes of tourists. South beach couldn't get any worse. I'm sure there is euro-trash tourism in spain. But still, apples and oranges.
@@jorgemoyano1728 do people bring guns to magaluf?
This is so dumb and click baity. If any country like the US or UK had its citizens attacking foreigners there would be an international outcry and sanctions. Apparently, getting assaulted with water in Barcelona is OK? This needs to be condemned by Barcelona officials and Spain or sanctions should be placed on the country. Tourism btw support Barcelona heartily; there's just a dumb populist political movement creating this current issue.
Try doing that in Cuba,the government would lock you up for 10yrs.
Sanctions? What kind exactly?
Barcelona is a woke leftist city, don't expect anything from the police.
@@str20025 The idea of sanctions is too extreme, but officials should think about educating the protestors about how tourism benefits them. Trouble is, the authorities in Barcelona are as left wing as the protestors and maybe they themselves need to be educated.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Simple
"Pan para hoy, hambre para mañana" so if you don't understand this said. Do not comment.
@@faragatanfarra Tourism is 12.7% of your GDP. Claiming that "No tourism" (which is a stupid idea in the first place, and impossible for a Western Country) would not affect Spain is naïve. Deberían comenzar por los dueños de Airbnb que compran propiedades como imbéciles para el uso de turistas por todas partes. Esto es la queja principal: el hecho de que los servicios de renta temporal de propiedades para turistas estén dejando a miles de españoles sin un lugar donde vivir, mientras que estas propiedades sólo están siendo utilizadas por una parte del año.
Pero veo que muchos sólo se quejan por quejarse, sin entender la raíz del problema. Incluyéndote, que estás pidiendo "Detener el turismo" cuando no tienes ni idea de lo que esto implicaría.
@@faragatanfarra Looks like education has escaped you.
@@faragatanfarrayou won't be saying that when you lose your tourist based job. Remember that Tourist money flows around a local community multiple time before it leaves.
Itputs food on the table for many many families.
That is 13% of your economy, but the impact probably goes much further when you take into account food, insurance and many other industries.
Do you really think you locals alone can sustain all the restaurants and small businesses that are based on tourism in your small towns and villages?
Go home Brit
I'm sure the people of Spain would like to be welcomed in other countries, it's very unbecoming to not welcome tourist to your home country.
Those protests will stop the biggest stream of income they have. I’ll take my dollars somewhere else.
Spain is nothing without tourism, they should be grateful for every tourist who visits their country.
I was about to drop 15,000 USD on a trip for my family to Spain next year, but I think I'll spend that money in Italy instead.
@@design6282Good decision, better than such a country in decline...
Wow what a smart comment! Read more and get informed as tourism is just a small fraction of the Spanish economy.
@@fabianstream5463 12% is not a small fraction.
@@design6282go to Italy, we don't need your alms
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
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 💙
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
That is just like Hawaii, prices are driving local Hawaiians out of their island. I can relate to what’s going on!
dont native hawaiians get some kinda discount pass that gives them like 90% off? I remember hearing something along the lines of that ages ago so grain of salt and allat
Governments need to stop with cheap easy money flowing in and start building long lasting industries to drive the local economy.
it's not the government's duty to "drive" any economy.
the best thing the government can do to boost the economy is move out of the way.
@@duncansmith7562 Considering all global economies are primarily driven by political legislation that directs both private and public invest to certain sectors, you're about 50 years late on this comment.
@@duncansmith7562 found the american
What potential industry does Spain have? Solar power or wine?
Tourism isn’t cheap or easy money and that is why there are all the complaints. Limiting tourism is one solution but what they should be doing is limiting the use of short term lets that are driving up property prices. Which is the one thing they won’t do as the people in power probably have investments in property.
excessively high rent seems to be global.
This in return for homes and apartments at a decent price for locals, to live within their means. Happening in my city too, no place for young workers, couples, etc.
Always wanted to go to Spain, but now, not so much, if they don't want tourist, then phuck 'em, I'll spend my money elsewhere.
Good! thats precisely what we want! Enjoy your vacation elsewhere!
thanks oh and don't take it personally ;)
@@HallBr3ggI’m curious, do you go on holiday?
Thanks, your absence is more appreciated than you money.
@@RoyJoyce873 holiday != travel !=turism
AirBnB is a cancer that has spread housing supply problems throughout the world. It’s here in Australia too. Locals priced out living in their own towns. Sky high rental prices and a feeding frenzy every home open. People on full time incomes living in their cars because they just can’t find anywhere to rent. I despise AirBnB
I can't blame locals for being upset and we are a travel agency saying that. People need to spread their wings and travel wiser. There are other places on the planet that could benefit from tourism. I personally don't like traveling to a place where hordes of tourists impact my experience. That said, airbnb property owners, especially the corporations buying up properties are the worst culprits. Governments should stop the foreign investors from buying up residential homes for tourism profits or tax them out. This over tourism and greed is is true in many places around the world and lots of locals around the world have had enough. People are being driven out of their homes and many travelers typically could care less how they impact a place. Airbnb is no bargain anymore and consumers should care more about how they spend their tourism dollars and consider that impact they make. When people overrun a place, the price of accommodations and services go up and quality goes down. Be smarter. And while I am bitchin' .... for the love of mankind, if you are living your life best through Instagram and Tik Tok and planning based on what is seen there, please just stop. I could puke thinking of all the tourists I see going to a place just to snap a selfie and experience nothing else there.
Agreed, airbnb has been a disaster for the working people of many towns all over the world.
So it's okay to go and assault people ? Absolutely stupid
@@IIl_393 First of all, I never condoned assaulting people, but what's stupid is people who think a water gun is an assault weapon. To think, people fly from all over the world to go to Songkran in Thailand.
@@soulfreetravels To think using "Water gun" as a form of harassment is considered illegal by the law. okay ? unless you are in a place where crime is not punishable by the authorities
@@IIl_393 I get it. Clearly you love an argument and obviously care more about people getting a little wet and needing to get a change of clothes over people becoming homeless and priced out if their neighborhoods. It's amazing to me what your take away is from the post I made.
I see you can protest against mass tourism but not against mass migration.
There's big protests about mass migration too, just the shitty media doesn't show it.
We do just the government dont allow us,censorship😢😢
Maybe because migrants are not pricing us out of our city and making it impossible for us to walk around our neighbourhood.
@@EmyMills the why the hell Jaume Collboni still in power? He should be removed.
@@EmyMillsso they're allowed protesting against tourism but not mass migration? Very interesting!
We were in Madrid and Granada in March and were treated very kindly in all of the shops and restaurants. We had no issues but we do our very best to be respectful and kind. I understand that they have an issue to work out. However, striking out at tourists is pretty backwards way to go about it. Hope they can get it worked out cause we would love to go back soon.
I fully understand the locals concerns. I think there are too many people with the time and finances spending most of it on holidays.
We need to think about our impact, vary and/or ration our leisure activities.
I try to go to quieter places in the UK.
Turning vibrant cities into theme parks is what is happening the world over. We need a healthy balance of tourism in every location
Tourism brings economic growth for a small minority - and inflation for everybody else
That's untrue, tourism does not only affect a small minority from the flights, accomodations, transportation, food and services it has a great effect.
I'm yet to see a single penny from all the tourism in my town.
So much for it helping local people.
@@user-lt3nx2ys6uno. Tourism is inflationary. It promotes de industrialization and low wages of hospitality industry
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Workers in Europe haven't had a decent salary rise in the last 15 years. If they increase the salaries in proportion to prices then people can afford housing, food and education.
alternatively they can lower the cost of living, that i believe its the right thing to do
@@valentinkrajzelman4649 How? Shelter prices come down only during recession. And food prices never come down unless we somehow magically produce more at lower costs.
@@AH-fm7rj It would not be magic, there are many things that have gotten cheaper over time, shelter prices will come down if more are built.
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?
The same way rapid GDP growth is been helping common Irish people in their country… the devil is in the details
exacly gdp doesnt translate to a better life for the people living there its all plus we are a tax haven so its all counted with corperate profits but that money doesnt go into the people hardly at all.