Who we are
Barcelona City Council’s Directorate of Tourism, through the Management Office for Economy and Economic Promotion, works to ensure the quality and sustainability of the sector in the city.
Since 1983, tourism promotion has been managed by the Barcelona Tourism Consortium, a public-private management entity.
In 2016, Barcelona became a pioneer by establishing a tourism and city council, in which the City Council, the tourism sector, and economic and professional citizen associations collaboratively discuss the necessary actions at any given moment and how different stakeholders can work together.
Our goals
Regulate tourism
Setting the game’s rules to achieve a balance in the city.
Ensure the destination’s inalienable sustainability
To do so by adopting a broad approach incorporating other fundamental criteria into environmental issues such as job quality and the strength of business relations with the local economic community.
Promote the best social return on the economic activity generated
Activating multiplier effects to extend this to the entire city.
