The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona | The New Yorker

In the tourist-clogged city, some locals see the service as a pestilence, Rebecca Mead writes.

"Some twenty million tourists descend annually on Barcelona, which has a population of just 1.6 million people. (New York City receives three times as many visitors but has more than five times as many residents absorbing the influx.)..

In the tourist-clogged city, some locals see the service as a pestilence, Rebecca Mead writes.

"Some twenty million tourists descend annually on Barcelona, which has a population of just 1.6 million people. (New York City receives three times as many visitors but has more than five times as many residents absorbing the influx.)..