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  • 7/7/2024
Thousands of residents gathered in central Barcelona to protest against mass tourism on Saturday (July 6), saying it has pushed the cost of rent and made the city unsustainable for people living there. - REUTERS
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00:00Tourists go home! Tourists go home! Tourists go home!
00:12We come here to demonstrate against mass touristification here in Barcelona.
00:17The last years the city has turned completely for tourists and what we want is a city for
00:23citizens and not in service of tourists.
00:28Restoration and hotels is the group that makes really big money, but all the people are in
00:36a very poor situation and they don't have enough money to live, that's a problem.
00:43Tourists go home! Tourists go home!

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