Barcelona Residents Protest Against Mass Tourism

In recent days, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Barcelona to demonstrate against mass tourism and its impact on the city's cost of living. The protest was organized by over 100 local organizations and came as official figures showed that nearly 26 million visitors made an overnight stay in the Barcelona region in 2023. As part of the demonstration, some protesters used water guns to target tourists eating outdoors at restaurants, with videos of the incident being widely shared on social media.