A sarcastic tourist has thanked locals for their "very warm welcome" by posing for a picture next to a "tourists go home" sign in Barcelona , Spain. The young woman had spotted several similar pieces of graffiti during her trip to Barcelona this week. The anonymous yoga teacher and tattoo artist, who is originally from Ukraine but lives in Hamburg, Germany, shared the picture online and joked: "Thanks Barcelona for very warm welcoming.
" The post soon went viral on social media, where it received over 400,000 likes - but she seems to have ruffled the feathers of the locals. One social media user wrote: "As it should be," while another harshly commented: "Go home." Another local said "it's not funny" and that it's "because of disrespectful tourism we locals can no longer stay in our cities".
Further adding to the criticism, one said: "Prices of everything increase because of mass tourism, it's not hard to understand. Only Airbnb and restaurants are happy with mass tourism." "Bro, we can't live in our city because of the tourists," said someone else, while another agreed, adding: "Not something to laugh at tbf.
Touristy places are pretty much unlivable for locals." Someone else quipped: "Laughing at gentrification and the fact that local people can no longer live in their care, how cute." Another added: "Correct, we are overwhelmed by tourism.
" However, some people defended the holidaymaker. One person pointed out: "This is very rude. Spanish travel anywhere and stay at Airbnbs .