Elsewhere in Europe, tourism overcrowding has vexed Italy’s most popular sites including Venice, Rome, Capri and Verona, ...

The phenomenon started last July, when a fringe, left-wing activist group based in Barcelona that promotes the “degrowth” of ...

Protesters used water guns against unsuspecting tourists in Barcelona and on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Sunday as ...

People often dream of one day traveling the world, visiting places they’ve only read about in magazines and on the internet ...

Families who balk at the cost of a summer vacation at big amusement parks like Disney World favor trips to regional parks, which typically are within driving distance, so expensive flights aren’t ...

Tension has been mounting over the rising cost of housing and rents in Spain, and the cost of goods in the shops, with many ...

The humble water gun has become the symbol of Spain's anti-tourism protests. It all started at a tourism protest in Barcelona ...

The phenomenon started last July, when a fringe, left-wing activist group held its first successful rally. View on euronews ...

Following a meeting in Barcelona in April, a coalition of activists — the Southern Europe Network Against Touristification – revealed they were planning a day of protests on June 15.

Not at all. I wasn’t met with water guns – although they would’ve been welcome at points along the 42-kilometre course – but with cries of encouragement. Thousands of locals lined the streets.

In July, thousands took to the streets of Barcelona to protest overtourism, which many blamed for the high costs of living in the city. Demonstrators shot tourists with water guns and shouted at ...