{"id":82181,"date":"2024-07-08T10:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T00:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=82181"},"modified":"2024-07-08T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T00:19:53","slug":"angry-mob-of-protesters-drench-tourists-with-water-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=82181","title":{"rendered":"Angry mob of protesters drench tourists with water in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tourists enjoying a nice meal in one of the world\u2019s most popular cities have been attacked by locals as overtourism reaches boiling point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Footage shared by the BBC on Monday shows tourists at a number of different restaurants being hounded out by locals in the hugely-popular Spanish city, Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Furious locals sprayed tourists with water pistols. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One wet tourist dashed away. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the vision, visitors to the city can be seen packing their things and leaving as they are squirted with water pistols by a huge crowd that descended on the most popular tourist areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About 2800 locals took part in the protest and marched under the slogan \u201cEnough! Let\u2019s put limits on tourism\u201d and held banners proclaiming \u201cBarcelona not for sale\u201d and \u201cTourists go home\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Protests against mass tourism have multiplied in recent months across Spain, the world’s second-most visited country. Picture: Josep LAGO\/AFP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Demonstrators protest in front of a bar-restaurant. Picture: Josep LAGO\/AFP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two women during a demonstration against mass tourism. Picture: Lorena Sopena\/Europa Press\/ABACAPRESS.COM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes after officials in the European city announced they would hike their daily tourist charge for the second time this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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