Barcelona Travel Hub celebrates its annual conference promoting innovation in tourism
Innovation. Barcelona City Council backs innovation in tourism as a driver of economic growth in the city, part of its commitment to sustainable tourism in destination Barcelona.
New conference on congress tourism at Barcelona Activa
MICE. The aim of the session is to explore professions within the MICE sector, with the support of the Department of Tourism and the Barcelona Convention Bureau.
Barcelona hosts the 2024 BCN Eurovision Party
Tourism. From 4 to 6 April, the city will be hosting activities and concerts to promote participants in the Eurovision Festival taking place in Sweden.
The MWC Donation Room project recovers five tonnes of material from the Mobile World Congress for social and cultural projects
Sustainable tourism. Barcelona and L'Hospitalet City Councils, Department of Tourism, the Barcelona Tourist Consortium, the GSMA, Fira de Barcelona and the Formació i Treball Foundation collaborate to make this social return and...
Barcelona City Council welcomes the European Union’s approval of a new regulation to control the illegal supply of tourist flats
Tourism. The European Parliament voted in favour of the proposal, which obliges digital platforms offering short-term rentals to share data regarding the flats they advertise with public authorities.
The Barcelona City Council relocates the Bus Zone in the vicinity of the Sagrada Família
tourism. This initiative shows the municipal priority to manage tourism and reduce the number of authorised areas for coaches to stop around the Sagrada Família.
Destination Barcelona now boasts over 1,000 companies holding Biosphere tourism sustainability certification
Sustainable tourism. Destination Barcelona boasts the highest number of certified sustainable tourism establishments in the European Union, over 1,000. This is reflected in the EU's own Environmental Labels and Schemes indicator.
Over 70% of Barcelona residents see tourism as beneficial to the city
Tourism. Now that the Covid-19 pandemic is over and tourism has returned to Barcelona, city residents’ opinions of it are similar to those expressed in 2019, according to the 2023 perception survey.
Barcelona receives tourist accolades at FITUR 2024 and focuses its efforts on holding the 37th America's Cup in August
Sustainable tourism. Destination Barcelona has taken this event to renew its Biosphere Platinum certification (which recognises sustainable tourism) while also receiving the Smart Tourism Destination certification from Segittur.