Barcelona mayor turns tourist numbers into weapon against climate change 05:04. After wide scale anti-tourism protests over the summer, Barcelona is trying to turn a negative into a positive by ...

Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in Europe, and for many of Barcelona's 1.6 million residents, tourism is seen as ...

In all, Barcelona has 152,000 beds available nightly for visitors, the tourism consortium’s Hernández added, mainly in hotels but also including 60,000 in tourist apartments.

Most residents, however, have a positive view of tourism, according to the city council’s report “Perception of Tourism in Barcelona 2023.” Some 70.9% of people believe tourism benefits the ...

The Sagrada Familia attracts 4.7 million visitors a year and is the second most visited site in Spain, after the Alhambra in Granada. ‘Tourism needs to be serving the city’s model’ ...

Barcelona, Spain officials plan to ban short-term tourist apartment rentals by 2028, mirroring policies that have bubbled up across Europe in recent years. Barcelona will look to eliminate all ...

Last month, Barcelona made worldwide headlines when roughly 3,000 residents protested against tourism, some squirting visitors on the city’s famed boulevard Las Ramblas with water guns.News ...

MADRID — Barcelona will raise the tourist tax for cruise passengers visiting the city for less than 12 hours, the mayor said in an interview published on Sunday.

Barcelona announces new tourist zone to tackle chaos outside major attraction Jessica Hamilton Published April 4, 2025 12:21pm Updated April 4, 2025 12:21pm ...

Barcelona will raise the tourist tax for cruise passengers visiting the city for less than 12 hours, mayor Jaume Collboni said in an interview at the weekend.. The current cruise passenger tax is ...

In all, Barcelona has 152,000 beds available nightly for visitors, the tourism consortium’s Hernández added, mainly in hotels but also including 60,000 in tourist apartments.