Mass tourism can kill our cities

Nowadays, Spain is one of the three most visited countries in the world. Millions of tourists come here and enjoy their holidays, either in winter, in summer, in spring or in autumn. Spain has become one of the most touristically attractive places to visit in the world.

In this new post, they tell dofferent matters concerning this issue that is happening in Barcelona and in Turkey. What is happening in these places? In Barcelona, mass tourism is a problem, many tourists are visiting Barcelona each year and inhabitants of Barcelona are very worried about the situation because if resources wear out, it will be a big problem. This is a real problem because Barcelona is a city of 2 million inhabitants that hosted 7.5 million tourists last year. This is more than four times the local population.

In contrast, in Turkey it is happening the opposite. The country welcomed 40 million tourists last year, but millions are rethinking their plans following a major terrorist attack on Istanbul's main airport in June and Friday's deadly attempted coup. These continuous attacks and terrorism alarms are damaging the image of Turkey as a safe country.

In my opinion, the government should take action in Barcelona with a new system of tourism which controls the amount of tourists in this city. In the case of Turkey, I think the government should protect more the airport and the city to prevent this type of attacks.

Joaquín España 2ºBACH