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Germany: Leftists Call For Attack On Tourists
December 20, 2010
An article in left-wing German newspaper Interim proposed a 2011 anti-tourism campaign for Berlin which called for attacks against hotels and tourist buses, setting fire to cars and creating garbage piles as well as swiping wallets and phones from restaurant tables, Der Tagesspiegel reported Dec. 20. The author of the proposed campaign said tourism fuels gentrification wherein rising affluence pressures poorer residents out of districts where they have lived for years, a growing complaint among Berlin’s left wing citizens. Officials from Berlin’s tourism industry and the Office of Criminal Investigation are taking the threats seriously, but the city-state’s domestic intelligence agency added that attacks on foreign tourists were not typical for Berlin.
Germany: Leftists Call For Attack On Tourists
December 20, 2010
An article in left-wing German newspaper Interim proposed a 2011 anti-tourism campaign for Berlin which called for attacks against hotels and tourist buses, setting fire to cars and creating garbage piles as well as swiping wallets and phones from restaurant tables, Der Tagesspiegel reported Dec. 20. The author of the proposed campaign said tourism fuels gentrification wherein rising affluence pressures poorer residents out of districts where they have lived for years, a growing complaint among Berlin’s left wing citizens. Officials from Berlin’s tourism industry and the Office of Criminal Investigation are taking the threats seriously, but the city-state’s domestic intelligence agency added that attacks on foreign tourists were not typical for Berlin.
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