When visiting a place it is important to be aware of the cultural boundaries of the locals to avoid offending them without meaning to do so. It appears that people from Barcelona are annoyed at tourists wearing bikinis on the street, in shops and anywhere apart from the beach. I personally wouldn’t want to walk the streets in my bikini, I feel much more comfortably and fashionable wearing something on top, but I have noticed a lot of people in their swimming costumes wandering the streets. Bikinis and swimwear are for sunbathing and swimming, activities you normally do at the beach or by the pool. It appears the Barcelona residents are taking the matter very seriously and the Mayor has launched a campaign intended to educate tourists on this bad taste habit of walking the streets in swimwear. Official posters are released picturing a couple wearing bathing suits crossed out with a red mark and another couple appropriately dressed without a cross. This poster will be supplied to hotels and tourist facilities on addition to being placed on street walls to inform tourist of the unwritten code of wear away from the sandy stretches.
Bikinis to be worn at the beach not on the street
When visiting a place it is important to be aware of the cultural boundaries of the locals to avoid offending them without meaning to do so. It appears that people from Barcelona are annoyed at tourists wearing bikinis on the street, in shops and anywhere apart from the beach. I personally wouldn’t want to walk the streets in my bikini, I feel much more comfortably and fashionable wearing something on top, but I have noticed a lot of people in their swimming costumes wandering the streets. Bikinis and swimwear are for sunbathing and swimming, activities you normally do at the beach or by the pool. It appears the Barcelona residents are taking the matter very seriously and the Mayor has launched a campaign intended to educate tourists on this bad taste habit of walking the streets in swimwear. Official posters are released picturing a couple wearing bathing suits crossed out with a red mark and another couple appropriately dressed without a cross. This poster will be supplied to hotels and tourist facilities on addition to being placed on street walls to inform tourist of the unwritten code of wear away from the sandy stretches.
