After wide scale anti-tourism protests over the summer, Barcelona is trying to turn a negative into a positive by spending some of the money raised from the city's tax on visitors to tackle issues ...

It was the water pistol shot that echoed around the world. In the summer of 2024, after years of enduring the pressures of overtourism, locals in Barcelona ramped up their protest, with thousands ...

Barcelona is the latest European city to increase its city-wide tourist tax, a slight increase of €0.50 (about $0.53) per night, as the city seeks to curb overtourism. The new price of €3.25 (about $3 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Isabelle Kliger is a Barcelona-based writer who covers travel. The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, has announced a ...

Tourist taxes, often referred to as sustainable tourism levies or city taxes in Spain, are an increasingly common measure for destinations managing high visitor numbers. This small, per-night fee is ...

Most trips to Barcelona start with a visit to the Old City — “Ciutat Vella” in Catalan. The historic center is home to the area’s main tourist attractions like La Rambla, La Boqueria, the Cathedral of ...

BARCELONA -- The modern, white Joan Miro Museum nestled in green hills encircling this city is emblematic of Barcelona's hopes for a new direction in tourism. Down below, at the city's port, is a ...

Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism. Demonstrators marching through areas popular with tourists on Saturday chanted “tourists go ...

Barcelona’s tourist tax is one of the fastest rising in Europe. Since 2012, the visitor hotspot has added an extra fee on top of the region-wide tourist tax. In 2022, city authorities announced that ...

If Paris is the city of love, Barcelona must be the city of unrequited love. While tourists love to visit Barcelona, the city doesn’t quite love them back. The strained relationship between Barcelona ...