Current situation in Barcelona

Frank Brehany, a travel consumer rights commentator, says that tourists should carry on with travel plans but remain vigilant. He said: “Whatever the rights or wrongs of the Catalonia vote, it is clear that strikes and protests are going to form a part of everyday activity. Most Catalonians are supportive of their tourist industry and so at this time I would advise that you should continue with your travel plans but maintain a continued assessment of the situation.

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/new … 80786.html

nada,

This recent topic about the referendum has some comments which may be useful to you, have a look.

Personally, I wouldn't worry much about traveling there, if I had the need to do so.

Romaniac
Expat.com Experts Team

I am still waiting response from Malaysia embassy in Spain. Whether we should continue with the plan. I hope the situatiion will get better by next month.

Thank you for the advice anyway

okies.. I should have checked the forum before posted a new thread. Thank you for letting me know. I will check the forum and see what others say about it.

As a tourist it shouldn't be a big problem if you spend a few days in Barcelona, but just in case I would totally avoid it now. Can you wait until situation is settled? For a few months now, many Catalans have started a rage against tourists, they righteously complain about the cheap tourism in Barcelona, i.e. mainly barbarians from North Europe who spent not much more than 100 bucks for a week including flight and accommodation, with main goal getting cheaply drunk and being able to do everything in their country is forbidden, but they direct their attacks not to those barbarians, from which they chicken out, but to quiet people or old pensioners looking for relaxing, so be aware.

Again, Barcelona is getting less and less tourists as coup d'état from regional government has been launched with little answer from Spanish government, but still is full of tourists and in principle nothing shouldn't happen now, but as long as we still don't know the outcome and unless you're in a hurry, I strongly recommend to avoid Barcelona for now...

Regards