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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday August 13 2017, @08:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the Khalarsars-on-planes dept.

Australia's ABC reports on a growing backlash against the level of tourism in Europe, including in Spain where AirBnB rentals have driven up rental housing prices to levels where many locals cannot now afford to live there, and Dubrovnik where Game-of-Thrones tours are driving the locals nuts.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-12/european-tourism-angering-locals-as-visitor-numbers-grow/8792984


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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday August 14 2017, @02:34AM (1 child)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday August 14 2017, @02:34AM (#553427)

    Spain where AirBnB rentals have driven up rental housing prices to levels where many locals cannot now afford to live there

    What exactly is the problem here? This isn't the tourists' fault, this is the fault of the Spanish people themselves. If they don't like AirBnB's effect on the housing market, it's their responsibility to make their government deal with the problem somehow. Obviously, they're failing at that, so they only have themselves to blame. Similarly, we Americans only have ourselves to blame for electing Trump.

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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday August 14 2017, @02:35AM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday August 14 2017, @02:35AM (#553428)

    I forgot to add a great quote that's highly relevant here:

    "Every nation gets the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre