Tourists making life difficult for locals

Barcelona struggles with rising tide of tourists

Tourists are vital to Barcelona's economy, but the 27 million people who visit each year have become a headache for the new mayor as she battles to save the iconic Spanish Mediterranean port from becoming a bland theme park.

"Tourists go home" is frequently found painted on the walls of buildings in the centre of Spain's second-largest city, which is struggling to cope with a surge in tourism that started when it hosted the Olympics in 1992.

Source: France 24

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to rise -

a tide -

a mayor -

a theme park -

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a surge -

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a (snaking) queue -

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room (unc n) -

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to found (a business) -

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a banner -

a vendor -

to complain -

gawking -

groceries (n) -

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peak (times) -

a client -

a shopping cart -

a fishmonger -

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grassroots -

seaside  (n, adj)

a neighbourhood -

short-term -

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daily (adj) -

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