THE recent wave of anti-tourism protests in Spain is beginning to take its toll, with visitors to the country admitting that they are starting to think twice about their choice of destination.
That’s according to several Americans who spoke to the Wall Street Journal, admitting that the images of demonstrators carrying signs with slogans such as ‘Tourist Go Home’ are giving them second thoughts.
“We love Barcelona, but if they want to limit tourism, we will without a doubt take that into account in the future,” said Val Gui, a 36-year-old executive from Boston who visited the Catalan capital last week with his family.
Gui told the newspaper that he felt sympathy for inhabitants of the city, who complain of spiralling rental costs, noise pollution and crowded streets, and compared the situation to that of San Francisco.
His family’s stay was, he …