Barcelona, Spain — Protesters used water guns against unsuspecting tourists in Barcelona and on the Spanish island of ...

Overtourism is rattling cities across Europe, where some activists blame short-term rental companies like Airbnb for the ...

Thousands of people took to the streets in the Balearic Islands demanding action to be taken over the disastrous effects of ...

like Airbnb, but perhaps nowhere has surging discontent been so evident as in Spain, where protesters in Barcelona first took to firing squirt guns at tourists during a protest last summer.

In Italy, Portugal and Spain, activists used water pistols and a “noisy stroll” of suitcases to draw attention to rising housing costs and the environmental toll of tourism.