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 ...

Protesters gathered in Barcelona, Spain, this weekend to take a stand against over-tourism. While some protesters ... took to spraying tourists with water guns, according to multiple news outlets.

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 ...