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Data and documents

In this section, you will find documents, data and surveys to give you first-hand knowledge of the tourism situation in Barcelona.

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    Infographic of tourism activity October 2025

    Compilation of the main indicators of tourism activity in Barcelona during October 2025.

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    28/10/25

    Tax on stays in tourist establishments (IEET)

    Collection of data on collection, income and expenditure from the IEET and the surcharge applied by Barcelona City Council.

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    22/04/2025

    Tourist Habits 2024

    According to a survey by the Tourism Observatory, the average travel expenditure increases by 7.3%

Consult the Tourism Observatory

Barcelona's statistical information, knowledge and tourist intelligence platform

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Consult all the data and documents

All the reports, studies and documentation of tourism management at your fingertips.

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  • Government Measure for Tourism Management 2024-2027

    The objective of this Government Measure is to prioritize the management of tourism activity to improve the balance with the daily life of residents and position Barcelona as a reference in the management, regulation, financing, and social return of tourism activity.

    Executive Summary (PDF 1.22 MB) Government Measure
  • Tourism Sustainability Plan in Destination Barcelona

    Summary document of the 19 tourism projects that have received funding from the European Next Generation funds for a value of 41 million euros and that will be executed between 2023 and 2025. Watch video video

     

    Barcelona's Strategy for Sustainable Destination Turism (PDF 2.74 MB)
  • Tourism Marketing Strategy for Destination Barcelona (EMTDB)

    Tourism Marketing Strategy for Destination Barcelona (EMTDB)

    Strategy (PDF 3.87 MB)
  • Declaration of best practices for tour groups in public areas in Barcelona

    Document acordat amb les dues associacions de guies oficials, Aguicat i APIT, per millorar la gestió dels grups turístics guiats a la via pública, la qualitat del servei de guiatge, l'experiència del visitant i l'encaix amb la vida veïnal. Conté un annex específic per als barris de Ciutat Vella que registren major afluència turística.

    Declaration of best practices for tour groups in public areas in Barcelona (PDF 111.26 KB) Annex I: Recommendations for groups visiting the Ciutat Vella district (PDF 263.31 KB)
  • Creation of new imaginaries and contents for the improvement of mobility and tourist sustainability.

    Government measure presented to the Economy and Finance Commission of January 22, 2020. It compiles a series of actions on the mobility and the creation of new tourist imaginaries, in order to better manage the flow of visitors that receives the city, diversify its socio-economic contribution, reduce the negative impacts on high-affluence spaces and contribute to expanding the knowledge that the people of Barcelona have about their city.

    Government measure (PDF 930.83 KB)
  • Territorial strategy of tourist management. Government measure

    The Territorial Strategy for Tourism Management, framed in the Strategic Tourism Plan 2020, includes 261 measures that make up the roadmap to maximize the social return of tourist activity in the territories, while at the same time considering the synergies with the city as a whole and the metropolitan region.

    Territorial strategy of tourist management (CAT) (PDF 796.46 KB)
  • Tourist Mobility Strategy in Barcelona

    The Tourist Mobility Strategy (EMT) provides a global analysis of the city's tourist mobility in order to design new urban policies. The EMT aims at offering an answer both to the Urban Mobility Plan (PMU 2013-2018) as well as to the challenges and goals for the Strategic Plan for Tourism (PET20).

    Report (CAT) (PDF 10.59 MB) Government measure (CAT) (PDF 3.65 MB) Addendum 1 (CAT) (PDF 1.68 MB) Tourist activity infographic (PDF 5.95 MB) Addendum 3 (PDF 903.56 KB)
  • Strategic Plan for Tourism 2020

    The new Strategic Plan for Tourism provides new tools and procedures to build future scenarios in a sustainable way. The objective is to promote tourist activities as a source of wealth and generate a greater return for society.

    Strategic Diagnosis (PDF 937.49 KB) Proposals for action (CAT) (PDF 1.27 MB) Executive Summary (PDF 656.39 KB) Strategic Plan (PDF 1.21 MB)
  • Strategic Plan for Tourism 2010-2015: Evaluation of the Programme of Action

    The Strategic Tourism Plan 2015 responded to tourism challenges in the city which were identified as key issues in 2010. This document evaluates the execution of programmes and action carried out for the Action Programme 2010-2015, based on the intensive collection of information from various sources.

    Avaluació del Programa d’actuació (PDF 1.43 MB)
  • Boost to the participation process on Barcelona's tourism model

    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.

    Government measure (PDF 348.93 KB)

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