Tourism is one of the most important exports for Catalonia, but recently locals in Barcelona wanted tourists to go home. Enough is enough for tourism was the result of a protest.
Not only is it enough of tourism, but enough of Spain as their country as well.
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says the Spanish region has won the right to statehood following a contentious referendum that was marred by violence. He said the door had been opened to a unilateral declaration of independence.
Catalan officials later said 90% of those who voted backed independence in Sunday’s vote. The turnout was 42.3%.
Spain’s constitutional court had banned the vote and hundreds of people were injured as police used force to try to block voting. Officers seized ballot papers and boxes at polling stations.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Catalans had been fooled into taking part in an illegal vote.
More than 2.2 million people were reported to have voted, according to Catalan authorities, out of 5.3 million registered voters. A Catalan spokesman said more than 750,000 votes could not be counted because polling stations were closed and urns were confiscated
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- He said the door had been opened to a unilateral declaration of independence.
- Spain’s constitutional court had banned the vote and hundreds of people were injured as police used force to try to block voting.
- Enough is enough for tourism was the result of a protest.