Tourists who visit a Spanish deli just to take pictures and videos without buying anything might be asked to pay a €5 (S$7.40) charge. The 125-year old Queviures Murria in Barcelona, famous for its Modernista-style facade and vintage interior, is a magnet for hundreds of...
Speaking to local media, he said: “They come in and didn’t even say hello – on one Wednesday, we counted 25 in an hour.
“It was frustrating to have so many tourists taking pictures saying ‘I’m only looking’ and disturbing the people eating in the restaurant.”Tourists have since stopped coming into the shop to take pictures, and instead limit themselves to standing outside and looking at the window display. Mr Merino said: “It doesn’t really earn us extra money, but it works. We have not yet charged anyone €5 because this is not the objective.”
He added the shop will not stop anyone who greets the staff and politely asks for permission to browse.A bookshop called Livraraia Lello in neighbouring Portugal, which bills itself as the “most beautiful bookstore in the world”, charges €5 for every visitor, but the amount is deducted from the bill when anyone buys a book.
‼️ Entrar-hi només a mirar. Aquesta és la realitat amb què topaven, dia sí i dia també, els treballadors de l’emblemàtica botiga de queviures Múrria.
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