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Barcelona is throwing tourists under the bus
No one likes overcrowding, but cities should be careful not to make things too difficult for visitors.
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Getting to Barcelona's Park Guell is now harder for tourists after the city council removed a bus route from Google and Apple maps.
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Tyler Cowen
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As the summer tourism season approaches, a perennial question arises, and technology is giving it a novel twist: Is a place primarily for those who live there, or for the entire world?
The latest salvo in this conflict comes from Barcelona.
