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Why some residents of European hot spots just want tourists to stay away

A tourist takes a picture of Barcelona’s panorama as he stands next to a wall with a graffiti reading “Tourist: your luxury trip — my daily misery” at Park Guell on Aug. 10, 2017. In recent weeks, Spanish activists have launched initiatives against what they consider a lack of control of mass tourism in cities like Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca, according to media reports. (Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
A tourist takes a picture of Barcelona’s panorama as he stands next to a wall with a graffiti reading “Tourist: your luxury trip — my daily misery” at Park Guell on Aug. 10, 2017. In recent weeks, Spanish activists have launched initiatives against what they consider a lack of control of mass tourism in cities like Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca, according to media reports. (Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
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For people who live in particularly picturesque quarters of charming European cities, the words "Instagrammable" or "Tik-Tok famous" can feel like harbingers of doom.

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