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21 March, 2024 - 17:46

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.

MWC Donation Room team in front of a barrier with the project logo
18 March, 2024 - 14:35

Material from the MWC for social and cultural ends

Mobile World Congress. The MWC Donation Room gives a new life to five tonnes of material from the congress.

18 March, 2024 - 13:54

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 International Welcome Desk, at the MediaTIC
6 March, 2024 - 13:32

Positive balance for the Welcome Desk on its second anniversary

Welcome Desk. The city’s welcome office for international talent has helped nearly 2,000 people from 111 countries.

1 March, 2024 - 13:41

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.

29 February, 2024 - 17:42

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.

La nova atracció de caiguda lliure del Parc del Tibidabo
28 February, 2024 - 17:01

Tibidabo starts the season with new attractions

Tibidabo. The new season gets under way on 2 March and brings a new freefall ride.

26 February, 2024 - 17:08

BEAT Barcelona, the place to meet at the MWC24

Mobile World Congress. Barcelona’s after-work space at the Mobile World Congress is at the entrance to 4YFN, at hall 8 of Fira de Barcelona – Gran Via.

16 February, 2024 - 15:13

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.

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