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Daily Newsovertourismeurope travel

Overtourism in Europe: what the perfect feed hides

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6 min read · 28 September 2026

Travel reels sell Europe as golden hour and empty alleys. On June 15, 2025, residents from Barcelona to Venice sprayed tourists with water pistols to protest what those feeds leave out: a housing squeeze driven by mass tourism.

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Coordinated protests swept southern Europe's tourist capitals on June 15, 2025
Around 5,000 marched in Palma, Mallorca — the day's biggest rally
Barcelona hosted 15.5 million visitors in 2024; 1.7 million people live there
One protester says his rent rose more than 30% as flats went to tourists
The water pistol, not violence, became the movement's symbol

Sources (2)

www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5434829/spain-tourism-protests-water-pistols-barcelona-mallorca
www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/how-the-humble-water-gun-became-the-symbol-of-barcelonas-anti-tourism-movement

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