BARCELONA―”Never again a summer like this”: Exasperated with the hordes of visitors they blame for making their city unlivable, Barcelona residents have risen in protest. The hugely popular Catalan metropolis has become the latest European hot spot to eye tourism with hostility. “I never thought I would have to defend the Spanish tourism sector, it’s really unprecedented,” he said earlier this month. Even further north in Scotland’s remote Isle of Skye, the wild landscape is attracting an increasing number of visitors. So much so that residents have started complaining about the number of tourists on the island’s few roads, environmental damage and a lack of accommodation.

Source: The Standard August 17, 2017 10:07 UTC