Barcelona marches to curb negative effects of tourism boom
by Stephen Burgen from Economics | The Guardian on (#2AMT2)
Community groups join forces to protest over soaring level of rents fuelled by a big rise in visitor numbers
Behind banners reading "Barcelona is not for sale" and "We will not be driven out", some 2,000 people staged an "occupation" of the Rambla, the city's famed boulevard, on Saturday.
The protest was organised by a coalition of more than 40 resident and community groups from all over the city, not just the neighbourhoods most directly affected by mass tourism.
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