'Go home!' - Chaos in Barcelona as tourists drenched with water pistols by protestors

The rising cost of housing has led to furious protests from locals. (Image: Getty) Tourists were squirted with water pistols in central Barcelona as angry potesters called for visitors to "go home". The chaos came during a huge demonstration in the Spanish holiday hub on Satuday evening over overtourism and its impact on housing.

Some 2,800 protesters attended the march, calling for a new economic approach that would see tourist numbers in the capital of the Catalonia region dramatically reduced. Signs reading "Tourists go home," and " Barcelona is not for sale," were held up as furious locals focused their ire on local tourist hotspots, GB News reports. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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