Are too many tourists visiting Spain?Is there a problem? How can we help?
(e.g. North, North West, South, East, West)
The business of providing services to tourists.
The main tool used by geographers. Maps show features in a plan view as birds see it from above.
An area of land which is controlled by its own government, e.g. Wales.
The city that is the official seat of government in the country, e.g. Cardiff
Very, very large areas of land. There are 7 continents in the world, e.g. Europe.
A flag that represents and symbolizes a country.
Part of the Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time from one place.
The money that a country uses, e.g. euro.
A subject for discussion.
Read the newspaper headlines and opinions below.
List the problems that tourists are causing in Barcelona.
How can we solve the problems?
Should more hotels be built for tourists in Barcelona?
Write your ideas in the boxes below.
Barcelona residents were asked to complete a questionnaire asking them to name the city's problems. 5.3% said tourism is the biggest problem. Since 1992, the number of tourists visiting Barcelona has more than tripled.
Barcelona Mayor has announced plans to limit the number of tourists entering the city. Large tourist groups have been banned from visiting the iconic La Boqueria public market at peak times, including Fridays and Saturdays between hours when locals do their weekly shopping.
I've lived in Barcelona all my life. I've had enough of all the noise and rubbish the tourists are creating when they visit my lovely city. There should be a limit to the number of tourists visiting some sights in the city. What do you think?
I totally agree with you. Streets and roads are often overcrowded with tourists. Sometimes I have to queue for over an hour only to buy a newspaper! This is ridiculous. We are only a city of 1.6 million people but more than 8 million holidaymakers visit the city every year!
I disagree with the comments made about tourists in Barcelona. At least 12,000 jobs are created by tourism. Tourists spend over 25M euros (£18M) a day in Barcelona. We need tourists to visit our city to get money to build new houses, schools and roads in our city.
We should be glad that so many visitors want to visit Barcelona to see our exciting and interesting city. I am very proud to share my identity, culture and heritage with the tourists. Barcelona would be very quiet without the tourists.