cruise liner docks in barcelona harbour. around 400,000 cruise passengers disembark here each month. the city of gaudi s modernist architecture and of lionel messi s football feats is also a major tourist hub. visitor numbers have returned to close to pre pandemic levels. ten million people visited barcelona in 2022. but many locals don t like the impact tourism is having. noise, crowded streets and unaffordable housing are just some of the problems it causes. translation: touristsj end up occupying public space, and that pushes us residents elsewhere. there are so many tourists that the residents don t spend time here in the centre of town. it really makes you sad.
another cruise liner docks in barcelona harbour. around 400 , 000 barcelona harbour. around 400,000 cruise passengers disembark here each month. the city, a modernist architecture and with lionel messi is football feeds is also a major tourist hub. visitor numbers have returned to close to pre pandemic levels. 10 million people visited barcelona in 2022. but many locals don t like the impact tourism is having. noise, crowded streets, unaffordable housing are just some of the problems it causes. translation: torres and occupying public space and that pushes us residents elsewhere. there are so many tours that residents don t spend time here in the centre of town. it really makes you sad. the local