[ch_sm]

hm. I can see that being true for venice, but what about barcelona and paris?

[vondur]

Tourism makes up like 13% of the Spanish economy.

[ch_sm]

Interesting data point! But don‘t you think Barcelona is capable of making money outside of tourism?

[vondur]

Sure, but I’d imagine that a large portion of that is spent around Barcelona.

[mslansn]

Which is why I said most places. Some places are definitely able to live without tourism, especially the biggest cities. Most places have absolutely nothing to offer besides a beach and pubs to get drunk in.

[exiguus]

What does this mean?