Barcelona marked World Tourism Day on Saturday with protests at several landmark sites, drawing fresh attention to visitor pressure and housing concerns. On Saturday, 27th September, anti-tourism ...

It was the water pistol shot that echoed around the world. In the summer of 2024, after years of enduring the pressures of overtourism, locals in Barcelona ramped up their protest, with thousands ...

Barcelona’s cruise-ship port is to close two of its terminals, as part of efforts to fight the city’s overtourism problem. The closure, which will bring the number of operational terminals down to to ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Protesters used water pistols against unsuspecting tourists in Barcelona and on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Sunday as demonstrators marched to demand a rethink of an economic ...

Driven by rising rents, crowds and what many see as neighborhood degradation, activists are calling to continue the kinds of protests that erupted last summer. By Lisa Abend Travelers to Europe, mark ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A group of tourists were sitting at an outdoor table in the Spanish city of Barcelona, trying to enjoy their drinks, when a woman raised a cheap plastic water gun and shot an ...