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Every drop counts, so do your bit!
In Barcelona we use our water responsibly.
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Barcelona-Destination Tourism-Sustainability Plan
The Barcelona-Destination Tourism-Sustainability Plan includes 19 projects financed with €41 million from NextGeneration EU funds and to be carried out between 2023 and 2025. We’ll give you the lowdown on all the planned initiatives (see video)
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Do you want to start and innovate in the tourism sector?
Barcelona Activa, Diputació de Barcelona, the Catalan Association of Specialized Travel Agencies ACAVE and the Gremi d’Hotels de Barcelona are launching the sixth edition of the FuTurisme program.
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Interested to make your business more sustainable?
Barcelona City Council offers tour operators the opportunity to adhere to a distinction that recognizes those who are committed to responsible management of the environment, culture, working conditions, gender equity and social and economic return. Information and registration here.
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Security and coexistence tips
Barcelona is an open, welcoming and safe city. We welcome visitors and offer them tips and information so they can enjoy their stay.
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Barcelona never stops-Let's get our city back
Owing to the exceptional circumstances caused by the economic crisis arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, Barcelona City Council is launching a plan to reactivate the city’s economy through shock measures and long-term tools not just to regenerate its economic and social fabrics but also to continue making Barcelona a benchmark in innovation, sustainability and quality in work.
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Welcome to Barcelona
Given the steady resumption of tourist activities, Barcelona City Council wishes to welcome all visitors to the city, inviting them to enjoy it, look after it and respect its spaces and community life
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Tourism workshops
Turisme de Barcelona and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce organise tourism torkshops to provide companies and organisations with a training offer aimed at designing and/or implementing new methodologies or sales tools for products and services, thus helping to improve their positioning. More information and registration here.
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App Check Barcelona
The new App Check Barcelona allows you to manage the flow of visits to the different areas of interest
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Observatory of Tourism in Barcelona: city and region
Main statistical tourism information of Destination Barcelona
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ZonaBus
Parking for tourist coaches
News
Barcelona City Council welcomes the European Union’s approval of a new regulation to control the illegal supply of tourist flats
1 March, 2024 - 13:41h
Tourism. The European Parliament voted in favour of the proposal, which obliges digital platforms offering short-term rentals to share data regarding the flats they advertise with public authorities.
The Barcelona City Council relocates the Bus Zone in the vicinity of the Sagrada Família
29 February, 2024 - 17:42h
tourism. This initiative shows the municipal priority to manage tourism and reduce the number of authorised areas for coaches to stop around the Sagrada Família.
Destination Barcelona now boasts over 1,000 companies holding Biosphere tourism sustainability certification
16 February, 2024 - 15:13h
Sustainable tourism. Destination Barcelona boasts the highest number of certified sustainable tourism establishments in the European Union, over 1,000. This is reflected in the EU's own Environmental Labels and Schemes indicator.
Over 70% of Barcelona residents see tourism as beneficial to the city
5 February, 2024 - 12:45h
Tourism. Now that the Covid-19 pandemic is over and tourism has returned to Barcelona, city residents’ opinions of it are similar to those expressed in 2019, according to the 2023 perception survey.
Main projects
Municipal government tourism policy is represented by three priority projects:
Resources
More information