In a protest blending whimsy and frustration, thousands of Barcelona ... a popular tourist site—turned into an impromptu waterpark as protestors squirted water guns at unsuspecting tourists ...
Summer 2024 saw angry locals attack tourists with toy water pistols to protest about being squeezed out of their own city. Now the city is concerned it has a reputation for hostility to the visitors ...
Barcelona’s longstanding tensions over the city’s transformation into a tourist playground had erupted into very public hostility. The surprise squirt attack, criticized by some top tourism ...