Barcelona locals complain mass-tourism makes city unliveable

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Tourists are flocking to Barcelona in ever increasing numbers, fuelling anger among locals who complain that mass tourism is overcrowding public spaces and driving up house prices in Spain's second city.

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00:00That's the problem, of course we have to stop this because this man is earning 9,000 a month with the tourists when he gets 1,000 with us.

00:28How is he not going to want us to leave?

00:59Many shops have disappeared in Solera.

01:07Good shops that gave good quality to the neighborhood,

01:15they provided a good service and we have been orphans of this type of trade.

01:19This trade has disappeared and now, depending on what you look for, you can't find it because everything is mined with restoration and souvenirs.

01:49It's different now than back in the days when the tourism wasn't that big.

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