Magic grips the city for Christmas!
Christmas 2019. A thousand activities bring Christmas traditions and values to all the neighbourhoods in Barcelona.
Tourist accommodation licence procedure suspended
Urban planning. The measure seeks to shore up the city against the effects of the future regulation on rented rooms by the Government of Catalonia.
Award for the regulation of visitors to Park Güell
Tourism. The management model for reducing the impact of crowding in the park and its environs gains the World Responsible Tourism Award.
The tourist tax is funding improvements in the City
Tourism. Some 4.2 million euros are to be allocated to beefing up public transport, promoting culture and improving public space.
Fira Barcelona joins the Biosphere Pledge
Tourism. The exhibition organisation signs up to the pledge that accredits good practices in sustainability and employment in the field of tourism.
Thirty fines for souvenir shops near the Park Güell
Commerce and markets. The goal is to guarantee a balance between tourism and local life and to protect neighbourhood commerce.
Tax by-laws to fit the city’s needs
Treasury. Taxes on property, on-street parking, sewerage and terraces will all be updated to tackle the climate emergency and the intensive use of public space.
Agreement between the city government, ERC and JxCat to add a charge to the tourist tax
Full Council. The money raised once this Catalan tax is adjusted will be managed by the City Council and invested in the neighbourhoods.
A consolidated tourist destination
Tourism. Meeting with economic and social bodies to define strategies for consolidating the development of the city.