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 ...

If Paris is the city of love, Barcelona must be the city of unrequited love. While tourists love to visit Barcelona, the city doesn’t quite love them back. The strained relationship between Barcelona ...

The Mediterranean has always been synonymous with sun-soaked vacations and ancient wonders, but something fundamental has ...

After wide scale anti-tourism protests over the summer, Barcelona is trying to turn a negative into a positive by spending some of the money raised from the city's tax on visitors to tackle issues ...

If you have visited Barcelona recently, you might have noticed something unusual going on. Since the early summer, central hotspots such as La Rambla and neighbourhoods such as Gracia and Parc Guell ...

Barcelona is pivoting away from mass to quality tourism promotion in the wake of local outrage and pressure. Barcelona’s tourism board is replacing its 15-year-old slogan ‘Visit Barcelona’ with ‘This ...

The “Visit Barcelona” slogan is set to become a thing of the past. Amid growing anti-tourism protests, the Barcelona Tourism office has decided it’s time for a new approach. The city’s new motto will ...

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona's new mayor is picking a fight with home rental websites as she tries to crack down on uncontrolled tourism that she fears could drive out poor residents and spoil the ...

On a mild, sunny afternoon, hordes of tourists stroll down Barcelona's famous tree-lined pedestrian avenue, La Rambla. They love it — the weather, the tapas, the laid-back bohemian vibe. One tourist ...