Too many tourists? Barcelona throws them under the bus

As the summer tourism season approaches, a perennial question arises, and technology is putting a new spin on it: Is a place primarily for those who live there, or for the whole world?

The latest salvo in this conflict comes from Barcelona. Bus No. 116 goes to Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell, one of the most important tourist destinations in the city. However, neighborhood and bus crowds prompted the municipal council to remove the bus route from Google and Apple maps. So it is now more difficult for tourists to reach Park Güell – which poses no problem for locals.