In a very nuanced approach, I state: “Airbnb is the cancer of tourism, an already problematic industry”
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Blame government for not addressing this.
The owner class owns government, are the ones who actually make changesm
I get the frustration, but I don't think its fair to direct it at tourists. I don't believe for a second that the protestors aren't at times tourists themselves, and it's hard to see what directing abuse at random tourists visiting for a week, with no emotional investment or control of Spain's rental system, could possibly achieve.
Airbnb has been allowed to run unregulated in pretty much every market. Naturally this hurts areas where tourism is a major industry more than others--so again, I get the frustration. But geez, channel that back to people who can actually fix it rather than yelling at foreigners.
EDIT: Sorry I should add, I'm referring to not just this piece of graffiti, but also the similar posts that seem to appear on lemmy every few days.
Lived in Bcn and all this tourist hate is ridiculous misdirected anger. Tourists are good for the economy. Now the “tenedores” (people/company owning many properties), the locals that sold to them, lack of regulation/enforcement and opportunity outside the cities, those are bigger issues. But easy populist justification is: iTS tHe tOurIsts 🔫 There’s no single answer to that problem but Spain has around 4 million empty homes.
Simple solution: tax the shit out of short term rental income.
Nah, ban it outright!
In a perfect world, yes, but at least where I live it’s easier to get rid of something by making it expensive and drowning it in red tape and tax code. People love their freedumb.
Why is it written in English if it's in Barcelona?
Probably because English is the international standard and tourists speak it
It's speaking to tourists, who generally can't read Catalan
For English speakers?
It's a trade language, if you're talking to tourists it makes sense to use a trade language.
Because they want tourists to understand.
For the audience, dear.
Also, this has happened everywhere, not just Barcelona.