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gawdonblue [soylentnews.org] writes:

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 [abc.net.au]

Of course, with America's increasing hostility to foreigners, tourism numbers in Europe were always going to increase.

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