Europe, protests and anti-tourism
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The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, temporarily shut down today due to a spontaneous strike by the museum staff citing mass tourism. This comes one day after anti-tourist protests erupted across a dozen European cities.
People in some of Europe's biggest cities are protesting the surge of tourists from the U.S. and other countries. Workers at Frances' Louvre museum suddenly went on strike Monday, while in Spain, demonstrators rallied for a reduction in visitors and criticized skyrocketing housing prices.
Barcelona is now creating a new 'zone' strategy after crowds of eager tourists put themselves in danger to compete with an emerging TikTok trend
Residents in Barcelona, Spain, and several other popular European destinations say tourism in their cities is driving up housing costs for locals.
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Sky News host Caleb Bond claims Europeans are going “troppo” over the amount of tourists flocking to the continent for summer.