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A resident in Girona, Spain put up a banner at his home asking tourists to go home. Photo taken on May 21, 2024.
ST PHOTO: TOH YONG CHUAN
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On a family vacation in Spain in May, three episodes left a bitter aftertaste.
The first involved a taxi driver in Barcelona who charged us €16 (S$23), when the meter showed €7, for a short ride within the city. He claimed there was a tax, but would not provide a receipt other than the credit card charge slip. He obviously took advantage of us as tourists, I told my son. We shrugged it off as a “tourist tax”.
