The Municipal Data Office of the Barcelona City Council presents this report that provides new data on the wages of people who work in the city's tourism sector. Based on the exploitation and analysis of the salary information from the Continuous Sample of Working Lives (MCVL), it offers, in the first place, a brief summary of the profile of workers in the sector. It also analyzes the salary structure in detail, based on the personal characteristics of the workers and other variables related to their jobs. The salary differences between women and men in the sector are also analyzed, as well as the evolution of the purchasing power of employees between 2010 and 2018, to end by briefly addressing the phenomenon of ‘mileurismo’ (referring to those people who earn 1,000 euros per month) tourism.
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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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04/12/2025Infographic of tourism activity October 2025
Compilation of the main indicators of tourism activity in Barcelona during October 2025.
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28/10/25Tax 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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22/04/2025Tourist Habits 2024
According to a survey by the Tourism Observatory, the average travel expenditure increases by 7.3%
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- 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.
- Guide for sustainable tourism (CAST)
In this Guide for sustainable tourism you'll find the challenges and criteria for the evaluation of the tourism sector ahead the 2030 Agenda
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- Analysis of environmental externalities of tourism in Barcelona
Study on the impact of tourist activity in the city of Barcelona on variables such as water and energy consumption, waste generation, carbon footprint, air quality and noise pollution. Prepared by Barcelona Regional as commission of the Strategic Tourism Plan 2020.
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- Carbon Footprint of Tourism in the city of Barcelona
Report commissioned within the framework of the Strategic Tourism Plan 2020 to deepen the knowledge about the environmental impact of tourism and the activities associated therein, especially focused on the calculation of the emission of greenhouse gases.
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- Activities report of the CTiC (CAT)
- Situation, characteristics and effects of work in the tourism sector
Report commissioned within the framework of the Strategic Tourism Plan 2020 to know the characteristics of the work in the tourism sector in Barcelona and identify factors associated with the precariousness, as well as the main mechanisms that cause them.
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- Monitor of online tourist reputation of Barcelona city 2018
Study on the online tourist reputation of Barcelona, to know the added value of accommodation, restaurants and tourist attractions of the destination, based on the scores published by the users in the main online tourism platforms. Study commissioned by the Barcelona City Council in the framework of the Tourism Observatory in Barcelona: city and region.
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- 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.
- Regulation of citizen participation