The Barcelona Declaration was agreed at the 7th International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations (RTD7) held in October 2013. The declaration is based on responsible tourism that respects the development of Barcelona and Catalonia, maintains a balanced relationship between residents and visitors and prioritises economic, social and environmental sustainability.

The World Summit on Sustainable Tourism, held in Vitoria-Gasteiz in November 2015, reviewed the principles of the World Charter for Sustainable Tourism (1995) and reaffirmed their validity today. This document recognises the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The ombudsman's decision in June 2015 regarding official action on tourism and its impact on the quality of life of Barcelona residents.

Government measure presented at the Full Municipal Council Meeting of 20 July 2015. It presents a series of initial legislative measures: suspending permits to provide tourist accommodation, prior to the drafting of the Special Urban Development Plan for Tourist Accommodation (PEUAT) and the drafting of a new strategic tourism plan for 2016-2020 which updates the previous one, and the creation of the City and Tourism Council.

Spreading tourist activity more evenly around the territory has become one of the main lines of municipal action and is aimed at bringing order to and managing the effects of tourism, improving the development and quality of such activities and urban life and obtaining a better distribution of its effects on the entire territory. A document presented at the Full Municipal Council Meeting of 20 December 2013.

Presented as a government measure at the Full Municipal Council Meeting of 29 October 2010, the Barcelona Strategic Tourism Plan resulted in the start of an extensive process of reflection and examination of tourism and the city. The plan's main interest lies in the role of tourist activity in the city. It set out the action strategies up to 2015.