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Protests over effects of mass tourism from America's Cup

16:30 pm on 28 August 2024

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The America's Cup has been the target of protests, with critics blasting the event as "elitist and opaque" and claiming it is driving up prices for locals and putting Barcelona under more pressure. Organisers of the protests, The Platform Against the America's Cup, has promised further demonstrations when the Louis Vuitton challenger series gets under way later this week, sports correspondent Dana Johannsen speaks to Susana Lei'ataua.