Welcome to the Barcelona City Council tourism website, where you'll find information on the city's tourism strategy, how tourism is being managed and what action is being taken, as well as data and statistics on tourist activity.
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#FAIRTOURISMBCN
Before you rent your tourist accommodation, check that it's got a tourist licence.
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Metropolitan territorial strategy and tourism management
Barcelona deploys 261 measures to maximize the social return of tourism activities in the neighborhoods.
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#TravelEnjoyRespect
Help create a fair and sustainable city by respecting each other’s rights and lives.
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Responsible tourism
We've launched a series of grants for projects that promote responsible and sustainable tourism. Click the banner for more information.
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Graphics: Tourism in Barcelona. City and environment.
Graphic summary of the main figures on tourism in Barcelona.
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Share Like Follow Barcelona
Check out all the information you need for starting your business, investing, coming over to study or doing research in Barcelona. #ShareLikeFollowBCN #AlwaysBarcelona
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Strategic Tourism Plan 2020
The Strategic Plan for Tourism 2020 includes the lines of action that will guide the tourist policies of the City Council over the next few years. You can find the document here.
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Tourist mobility strategy
Barcelona presents an analysis of mobility among visitors to the city and proposals for intervention.
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Barcelona: city and surroundings
The most important statistics relating to tourism in Barcelona
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Special Urban Plan for the management of tourist accommodation
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Meet Barcelona
A space for everyone keen to discover Barcelona
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ZonaBus
Parking for tourist coaches
News
A new footpath to open up the Sant Pau site to local residents
27 July, 2018 - 13:11h
Urban planning. The path, connecting C/ Cartagena and C/ Sant Quintí, will provide a pedestrian connection between the Guinardó neighbourhoods.
Over 2,300 illegal tourist lets closed down in two years
5 July, 2018 - 17:55h
Tourism. Besides the flats sealed off, a further 1,800 have been ordered to close down.
Long live local commerce, Viba Barcelona!
27 June, 2018 - 16:49h
Commerce. Establishments in shopping hubs and markets in the district of L’Eixample are to start operating Viba Barcelona in October, the first loyalty card scheme for local commerce in the city.
Municipal inspections to get access to all data from Airbnb adverts
29 May, 2018 - 19:59h
Urban planning. The information will enable illegal tourist lets to be detected and corresponding ads removed swiftly.
Main projects
Municipal government tourism policy is represented by three priority projects:
Resources
More information