The Southern Europe Network Against Touristification, which is made up of groups from countries around Europe, is engaging in a day of action today across Europe to protest the “touristification” of cities across the region.
“People who go on vacation to one place or another are not our enemies, nor are they the target of our actions,” he said. “Let me be clear: our enemies are those who speculate on housing, who exploit workers and those who are profiting handsomely from the touristification of our cities.”
“Underpinning the joint action was a semantic shift. Rather than overtourism, which suggests that the solution lies in rolling back the number of tourists, the focus was on touristification, highlighting how hotspots are increasingly becoming commodified to be consumed by visitors, said Manuel Martin, of the Movement for a Housing Referendum, one of the groups organising the Lisbon action.”
-from The Guardian article linked below. Other stories follow.
https://www.afar.com/magazine/anti-tourism-protests-to-take-place-in-europe-june-15
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/europe-antitourism-protests-mallorca-b1232837.html
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