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NAS Palmer and his wife were at a rehearsal dinner in the fashion residential district of Mexico, ahead of the wedding of two American friends when he said he had heard “rumbling” outside.
From the second history of the restaurant, Palmer described that seeing a large group of people moving the streets, some posters shouting “Gringas leaves”.
He later learned that the demonstrators had broken the windows of the restaurant and damaged vehicles, including a new car wedding car of his friends, a local resident, ”he said.
“They destroyed her car, smashed the window, they thwarted the mirror, they sprayed it aside. It was really very unpleasant,” he said.
Palmer, whose wife comes from the Mexican capital, said he had heard that the influx of digital nomads and foreign tourists pushed prices in some of the most popular neighborhoods of the city.
Palmer, an avid traveler from San -Antonio, Texas, said he did not know that residents organize demonstrations, like those he read about In Barcelona and other parts of Europe.
“People … want to go and experience these beautiful and wonderful cultures around the world,” he said, adding that “we influence what we are trying to experience negatively.”
Protests on the rise
Protests against tourists increased by frequency and size, as the residents of which received a fragment of their cities without tourists during the pandemic-seeing that tourism was returning, and even exceeding, to the pandemic, said Bernadet Popp, senior researcher of the European Institute of Tourism in the Netherlands.
Usually residents choose protests, not other forms of lobbying because they create public awareness, which leads to media coverage and public pressure for governments, she said. Barcelona and Amsterdam – examples of where it happened, she added.
Graffiti on the wall in Mexico. In Mexico, Grena is often used to refer to foreigners, especially with the US.
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The locals also protest because they do not know who to contact. “The creation of the state tourism policy is very fragmented, which makes it difficult for the residents to identify the relevant decisions for participation,” the PAP said. “This is often increased by the disappointment and loss of faith in the government of -perceived inaction.”
Why are tourists oriented
The residents’ reactions usually develop as the confusion increased, said Tatiana Tsukanova, professor and researcher in the EHL hospital.
“Then they can tolerate this first Voice problems sometimes become confrontational and ultimately seek ways of adapting and pushing As for constructive changes, ”she said. “And tourists often become goats on this path.”
On July 6, 2024, the man rolls and the woman closes his ears when the rally participants interrupt food in Barcelona.
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In July 2024, participants of the protest rally in Barcelona, Spain, Throwing items sprayed by travelers with water guns and canned drinksAnd he used a police -style tape to block the inputs to the hotel and the sidewalk. The message of the crowd was clear: “Tourists go home.”
Barcelona and Spanish Island Saw that protests wereAlthough there were demonstrations in other parts of Spain, Venice, Italy and Lisbon, Portugal, the Associated Press reports. Protesters in Barcelona sent firecrackers and opened a can with pink smoke, the report said.
Travelers can be visible factors, but gaps in politics are the root of the problem, Tsukanova said.
Confrontations like tactics
Studies show that direct confrontations with tourists may make travelers feel unwanted, and thus lead some revision, Tsuananov said.
However, This effect is usually short -livedshe said. Following the protests across Spain in 2024, the arrival of tourists increased by 4.1% in the first seven months of 2025, reports its National Institute of Statistics.
On July 6, 2024, the man argued with protesters outside the Barcelona Hotel.
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However, protests can create awareness of the problems faced by residents, which can make travelers change certain behavior, such as the choice of hotels in short -term rent, she said.
But there is little evidence that protests have long -term consequences, Tsukanov said.
The dad said that the cities that respond to the pressure caused by protests often do it from special policies, which are more symbolic than they matter.
“Such measures, in turn, enhance public problems and negative perception of tourism,” she said. “This is a cycle.”
Possible solutions
To prevent cities that are “not earned for life but for tourism”, directions can reduce short-term rent and impose much higher taxes on tourists, said Lionel Saul, visiting the teacher at the EHL hospital business school.
While scientists are developing ideas for “Regeneration trips“It is a form of tourism that helps the locals rather than interfere with them – cities should include local communities in tourism development, he said.
Lansky’s arc, travel writer and frequent speaker on tourism development, agreed, saying that local votes often lack in critical discussions that ultimately harm the direction.
“If these residents took place at the table – any table – where they felt that they sounded locally, then they would not have to go the streets,” he said.
Lansky is a supporter of “managed tourism”, citing restrictions, such as timed records on the attractions, restrictions of visitors and restrictions, but not eliminating short -term markets.
The compromise, he said, is less than travelers.
“It’s not that fun … You’re not going to spend your day,” he said. But “it will benefit all.”
