 "Tourist, go home!": Spanish backlash against overtourism spreads across the rest of Europe"Tourist, go home!": la grogne espagnole contre le surtourisme s'étend au reste de l'EuropePatrice Ballester ()
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: Interview BFM TV. Protesters displayed banners proclaiming that "Majorca is not for sale" during a demonstration in Palma, denouncing both the intensification of tourism and the rapid escalation of real estate prices. The slogan "Tourist go home", which emerged in Barcelona in the 2010s, has gradually spread across Southern Europe, accompanying the expansion of mobilisations against overtourism. Transnationally coordinated activist groups have organised demonstrations in major destinations such as Palma de Majorca, Venice, Naples and Lisbon, notably using water pistols as a symbolic expression of resistance to "touristification" and as a means of asserting a perceived right to the city. These movements, sometimes involving large numbers of participants, highlight the environmental pressures, the strain on public services and the rising cost of living associated with tourism, while calling not for its disappearance but for stricter regulation of flows and the implementation of public policies capable of reconciling economic attractiveness with urban liveability. Keywords: overtourism; protest movement; tourism economy; Spain; Barcelona; surtourisme; manifestation; économie; Espagne; Barcelone (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in 2024 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05603090 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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