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Re: Mass tourism protesters squirt water at Barcelona tourists

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Post by apple4ever »

anon373839 wrote: post #83
theteapot wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's winners and losers behind any aggregate economic statistic like GDP and the ones you cite. I think that should be obvious. Do you think those people with the water pistols are winning?

Honestly, they could be. Their feelings of aggression are not evidence of a factual basis for them. I actually think this is better examined not as winners-losers, but costs-benefits, because most people will be experiencing both the “winning” side and the “losing” side simultaneously.

We'd do so much better as a society if we debated things in costs-benefits, not winners-losers, but the former doesn't make great soundbites.

Re: Mass tourism protesters squirt water at Barcelona tourists

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Post by spaniard89277 »

anon373839 wrote: post #83
theteapot wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's winners and losers behind any aggregate economic statistic like GDP and the ones you cite. I think that should be obvious. Do you think those people with the water pistols are winning?

Honestly, they could be. Their feelings of aggression are not evidence of a factual basis for them. I actually think this is better examined not as winners-losers, but costs-benefits, because most people will be experiencing both the “winning” side and the “losing” side simultaneously.

My city is not Barcelona but it's getting a growing tourism phenomenon. This goes into few pockets and against everyone else, and people is getting pissed about it.

In "expat" groups foreigners complain we're rude and uninviting, but why wouldn't people be, we were perfectly fine before. Almost nobody here lives off tourism.

Re: Mass tourism protesters squirt water at Barcelona tourists

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Post by sabbaticaldev »

nickpp wrote: post #115
aaomidi wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dog whistles are dog whistles buddy.

He’s replying to a different person, I did not write the words he’s quoted.

you defended a comment that did, taking it as your own

Re: Mass tourism protesters squirt water at Barcelona tourists

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Post by sabbaticaldev »

viridian wrote: post #90
sorwin wrote: post #32

Sounds like these protestors should never go on vacation anywhere else either. Stay in your home city your entire life.

In my experience, most people who work in tourist destinations can't afford to travel for vacation. Do you think the average Costarricense or Resident of Cancun is taking yearly trips abroad on a wage of under $5/hour?

lol that’s so random. Millions of people living in Rio de Janeiro can afford to travel around the country and internationally. Most of us will still prefer Rio, of course.

Re: Mass tourism protesters squirt water at Barcelona tourists

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Post by nickpp »

sabbaticaldev wrote: post #123
nickpp wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He’s replying to a different person, I did not write the words he’s quoted.

you defended a comment that did, taking it as your own

Is that how forums on the Internet work?

Re: Mass tourism protesters squirt water at Barcelona tourists

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Post by anon373839 »

spaniard89277 wrote: post #122
anon373839 wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, they could be. Their feelings of aggression are not evidence of a factual basis for them. I actually think this is better examined not as winners-losers, but costs-benefits, because most people will be experiencing both the “winning” side and the “losing” side simultaneously.

My city is not Barcelona but it's getting a growing tourism phenomenon. This goes into few pockets and against everyone else, and people is getting pissed about it. In "expat" groups foreigners complain we're rude and uninviting, but why wouldn't people be, we were perfectly fine before. Almost nobody here lives off tourism.

> Almost nobody here lives off tourism

You don’t need to be directly receiving tourist dollars to benefit economically from tourism. Tourism can inject a significant amount of money into the local economy, which then circulates and supports business and employment outside of tourism.

(Of course, not all tourism is equal. Day visitors from cruise lines spend little money onshore, for example.)

Re: Mass tourism protesters squirt water at Barcelona tourists

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Post by spaniard89277 »

anon373839 wrote: post #126
spaniard89277 wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My city is not Barcelona but it's getting a growing tourism phenomenon. This goes into few pockets and against everyone else, and people is getting pissed about it. In "expat" groups foreigners complain we're rude and uninviting, but why wouldn't people be, we were perfectly fine before. Almost nobody here lives off tourism.

> Almost nobody here lives off tourism You don’t need to be directly receiving tourist dollars to benefit economically from tourism. Tourism can inject a significant amount of money into the local economy, which then circulates and supports business and employment outside of tourism. (Of course, not all tourism is equal. Day visitors from cruise lines spend little money onshore, for example.)

We've been living without tourism fine, we have industry, big companies, etc. I only see negative externalities in exchange of filling a few big pockets.

Our quality of life worsens in exchange of nothing good for most of us.

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