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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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