Americans Targeted In Mexico City As Locals Protest Against Tourism And Soaring Rents

As overtourism continues to beryllium a liability for galore picnic destinations and cities, a number of locals person been making their feelings known astir unwanted visitors to their location areas.

Residents successful Mexico City protested against wide tourism complete nan weekend, pinch hundreds of group taking to nan streets complete nan weekend, The Associated Press (AP) reported. 

Protesters marched successful neighborhoods that are celebrated with tourists, arsenic good arsenic adjacent nan U.S. Embassy and wrong metro stations successful a guidelines against gentrification of nan celebrated destination. 

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What began arsenic a serene march past took a move erstwhile a mini group of group successful masks began smashing storefronts, looting and harassing foreigners, AP reported.

Popular areas specified arsenic Condesa and Roma were affected. 

Anti-tourism protests erupted successful Mexico City complete nan play arsenic locals look gentrification challenges. (Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Graffiti written connected shattered solid from rocks read, "Get retired of Mexico," AP reported.

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Other signs held by protesters read, among different messages, "Gringos, extremity stealing our home," and Pay taxes, study Spanish, respect my culture."

Protesters held signs directed astatine visitors visiting and moving to Mexico City. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Protesters are demanding stricter lodging laws and authorities to modulate tourism levels.

Many Americans took advantage of cheaper rent prices successful Mexico during nan coronavirus, escaping lockdowns successful 2020 arsenic "digital nomads."

The number of Americans surviving successful Mexico jumped 70% from 2019 to 2022. 

"There are a batch of foreigners, namely Americans, coming to unrecorded here."

It has continued to turn to a full of 1.6 million, according to nan U.S. State Department.

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Local assemblage student Michelle Castro told AP she has watched nan translator of her "working-class" community.

"There are a batch of foreigners, namely Americans, coming to unrecorded here. Many opportunity it’s xenophobia, but it’s not," said Castro.

The number of Americans surviving successful Mexico jumped 70% from 2019 to 2022. (iStock)

She added, "It’s conscionable that truthful galore foreigners travel present [and] rents are skyrocketing because of Airbnb. Rents are truthful precocious that immoderate group can’t moreover salary anymore."

Last month, group successful Barcelona and connected nan Spanish island of Mallorca sprayed visitors pinch h2o guns successful an effort to "cool down" tourism, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

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Other cities person held their own tourism protests, pinch locals gathering successful Venice, Italy, and Lisbon, Portugal.

Other international vacation destinations have implemented taxes successful an effort to curb tourism, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

A mini group of protesters targeted businesses and stores by looting. (Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Greek officials, for example, are readying to enforce a $22 taxation connected visitors cruising to Santorini aliases Mykonos.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.