{"id":35288,"date":"2024-10-01T22:06:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/?p=35288"},"modified":"2024-10-07T14:08:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:08:03","slug":"discussion-group-is-there-an-excessive-tourism-problem-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/discussion-group-is-there-an-excessive-tourism-problem-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Group &#8211; Is there an excessive tourism problem in\u00a0Spain?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1512.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1512.webp 1440w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1512-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1512-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1512-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1512-1320x743.webp 1320w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1512-600x338.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The first Discussion Group meeting after the summer break will be on the <strong>4th of October \u2013 the first Friday of October 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next meeting will be held as usual on the last Friday of the month so we will have two meetings in October. The second one will be organized on the 25th of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion topic for this Friday is actually for all of us living in the area of Marina Alta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are seeing more and more anti-tourist demonstrations in various areas of Spain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Marina Alta region, the anti-tourist supporters are represented by the Garrot&nbsp;group who say&nbsp;local people are losing their quality of life by \u2018leaps and bounds\u2019 because of tourism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They claim that&nbsp;Housing prices have skyrocketed with neighbours unable to buy or rent a property as the environment degrades and infrastructures are degraded to the extent that areas are left without drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are they right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1511-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1511-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1511-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1511-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1511-391x260.jpeg 391w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1511-360x240.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1511-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1511-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/u3ajavea.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1511.jpeg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What about the businesses that rely on tourism and those working for those businesses? They would not have a job without tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will discuss all aspects of this issue and see what we believe could or should be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting will take place at the <strong>Centro Social Bar in J\u00e1vea Old Town between 4pm and 6pm<\/strong> and all members are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Discussion Group meeting after the summer break will be on the 4th of October \u2013 the first Friday of October 2024. The next meeting will be held as usual on the last Friday of the month so we will have two meetings in October. 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