thousands of protesters marched in Barcelona to denounce mass tourism and its effect on Spain's most visited city, the latest in a series of similar marches in the country.

Under the slogan "Enough! Let's put limits on tourism", some 2,800 people marched along a waterfront district of Barcelona to demand a new economic model that would reduce the millions of tourists that visit every year.

Barcelona's rising cost of housing, up 68 per cent in the past decade is one of the main issues for the movement, along with the effects of tourism on local commerce and working conditions in the city of 1.6 million inhabitants. 

To combat the negative effects of mass tourism, the city council announced 10 days ago that it was banning tourist apartment rentals by 2028 so that they can be put back on the local housing market.