Locals in one Mediterranean hot spot load up water guns to protest mass tourism: 'Go home'
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European cities have started blaming mass tourism for the increased cost of living and tighter supply of housing, which have both made it difficult for locals to remain.
Organizers claimed that the protest provided an outlet for the "discomfort that exists in Barcelona" regarding increased mass tourism, which local officials have blamed for higher cost of living and housing, making it difficult for locals to live in the city. Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
Neighborhood associations, housing activists and ecologists joined the gathering and argued that "enormous negative impacts" to employment, society and the environment have made it "impossible" for locals to live in Barcelona.
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