‘A feature at a theme park': Anti-tourism protests sweep Europe
Menzies Research Centre's Freya Leach discusses the level of tourism in Europe, claiming tourism in some Mediterranean countries makes up to 20 per cent of their GDP.
'In … Barcelona, there are 26 million tourists every year, and only one and a half million residents,' Ms Leach told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
'You'd feel like you're just a feature at a theme park.
'But at the same time, tourism is propping up the economies of a lot of these Mediterranean countries, sometimes making up to 20 per cent of their GDP.'
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