Overview

• About 600 protesters marched through central Barcelona on June 15 armed with water guns and smoke bombs to denounce mass tourism.
• Organizers included Las Kellys, Top Manta and the Assemblea de Barris pel Decreixement Turístic, and the protest also drew support from hotel cleaners and public transport employees.
• Participants called for sustainable tourism measures to curb rising housing costs, precarious labor conditions and environmental degradation.
• The Associació del Passeig de Gràcia and other business groups condemned the demonstrations for harming Barcelona’s image and local economy.
• Parallel rallies broke out in Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, San Sebastián and Granada as part of a coordinated Southern European anti-tourism movement.