Economic Development Plan 2016-2021

Barcelona City Council has the disciplinary and regulatory tools to manage the economy and these must be met by all economic stakeholders. These rules need to be explained, as well as the inspection and application of sanctions in accordance with current regulations.

Moreover, awareness about the daily needs of the neighbourhood should be raised with operators –with tourism and other businesses–, also showcasing those operators that use best practices and respect for the rules, in order to help share these practices with other operators.

Measures must be designed that offer a social return from tourism businesses in this area, meaning looking for positive impacts generated by tourism to counter the negative externalities and also to provide new opportunities and to strengthen economic ties with the neighbourhood, entities and public services.

These actions should be designed based on a vision that will build, from a practical stance, a new model of tourism business activity that is governed by the local area and that generates wealth that is distributed fairly and sustainably.

To encourage a transition to a new model of tourism, we will work towards implementing a hallmark stamp to accredit sustainable tourism and to coordinate this with other initiatives to showcase best business practices.