A Barcelona guide says that there are Spaniards who hate the presence of tourists: “We are very vulnerable”

When a guide shares his experiences in terms of trips, he is offering A knowledge of true usefulness for those who want to know a new city. When speaking from personal experiences, tourists will know and better understand culture, customs or, directly, will know how to make very common mistakes. About this has spoken A guide dedicated to the world of travel.

All this has revolved around the figure of Silvia Romero, also known as @SilviaExplorer2.0 on Instagram, a specialized travel guide with a gender and ecological approach. In turn, it also offers courses, workshops and personalized advice related to conscious trips. As for the type of videos that uploads you can find issues related to blogs, motivating reflections or cultural connections, among others.

“Do you remember when we met at the airport?”

However, the issue that now concerns is the one that has had to do with A speech he offered last year for tourists who were going to visit Barcelona. As soon as you start with this talk, you can see this guide speaking in English with what they will be A large group of visitors from abroad sitting on a bus About to get off to take a look at the city.

“Do you remember when we met at the airport? I told you that it was a guide and that I had traveled a lot”begins at the same time that she committedSeveral errors as a traveler. Therefore, he has seen this a great occasion to “Share my experience with you because you may learn from it, if you want”. As a result, he details that he has traveled on innumerable occasions and throws the following statements:

“My friends from Barcelona say they hate tourists”

“When we visit a new place, we are very vulnerable. But I also learned that you have an impact on the place you visit.”explains while trying focus the focus on the case of Barcelona. In his own words, the citizens of the city itself are leaving and several of their friends have begun to formulate the following sentence: “I hate tourism”.

For Silvia, who is a person who after all lives from tourism, who occurs this kind of thing they have as a result, as he says. Therefore, she intends to “I don’t want us to be part of the problem”. Therefore, the objective will be to find a solution, and the one she identifies is as follows: “Simply choosing well, right? Making intelligent decisions.

“All traditional stores are closing to open American brands”

Something that is happening in Barcelona is that self -employed stores are forced to close their doors. “What is happening is that all traditional stores are closing to open American brands”he explains to detail that the thought of a large part of the Catalan citizens is that “They feel they are being invaded”.

When buying a souvenir, one of the tips offered by tourist Silvia Romero is to acquire “A shirt that puts ‘i love Barcelona’ since, if the shirt is made in India, you are not showing much love to the artists here”argues. For them, this can be a behavior that shows a lack of support and that is not obvious to everyone. Finally, the speech concludes as follows: “If you just thoughts this reflection, it will be enough for me”.