Thanks for the local perspective! I get the feeling MWC is a bit of a scapegoat here, tough.
> When MWC is ocurring in Barcelona, public transport (subway) goes on strike (because of the maximum impact).
So won't they just choose any other date with the next highest impact for their strike now? Why is that better?
> BCN is already overloaded with tourism, events like MWC only make it worse for those of us that live there.
100.000 visitors for 4 days, that must be less than 1% of Barcelona's hotel nights/year. It's also happening during off-season, so shouldn't lead to more housing capacity being taken away from the locals.
I get when people complain about the Olympics in their city or other costly events with unclear rewards, but this seems pretty harmless?
> When MWC is ocurring in Barcelona, public transport (subway) goes on strike (because of the maximum impact).
So won't they just choose any other date with the next highest impact for their strike now? Why is that better?
> BCN is already overloaded with tourism, events like MWC only make it worse for those of us that live there.
100.000 visitors for 4 days, that must be less than 1% of Barcelona's hotel nights/year. It's also happening during off-season, so shouldn't lead to more housing capacity being taken away from the locals.
I get when people complain about the Olympics in their city or other costly events with unclear rewards, but this seems pretty harmless?