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Why is tourism a problem in Barcelona?
Episode 927

Why is tourism a problem in Barcelona?

The Take · Al Jazeera

July 5, 202423m 42s

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Show Notes

Locals are fighting to reclaim their city from tourism in a mass demonstration in Barcelona on July 6. The tourism boom has impacted local life, housing, and culture, pushing the city to the brink. 

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Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé, with Amy Walters, Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan, Manahil Naveed, Veronique Eshaya, Ashish Malhotra, Duha Mossad, and our host, Malika Bilal. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Topics

BarcelonaBarcelona tourism crisisSpainhousing crisisovertourismBarcelona over-tourismBarcelona AirbnbBarcelona anti-tourismBarcelona tourism proteststourism taxthe takenews podcastal jazeera