Consult full information on the reinforcement of measures against the Covid-19 health emergency. Promotion tools, conceived as another management element, have to respond to these goals.Tourist uses of mobility, along with tourist accommodation and attractions, are one of the key aspects we propose to tackle.We need to know our visitors’ reasons for staying here, their journeys’ seasonal variations and duration, the means of transport they use and their most frequent itineraries, so we can rethink, manage and regulate the specific practices of tourist mobility. Communication channels
What economic benefits does it entail? How to get there That is why they need to be changed and new ones established where needed, such as economic activities in spaces with greater volumes of visitors or unregulated offers of accommodation. Barcelona City Council is implementing an economic recovery project with a set of measures. #Maiensaturem
What had been mere conjecture until now, has now been confirmed by an exhaustive study commissioned by the trade association “Barcelona Oberta” which correlates numbers with the economic impact of tourists' purchases in the city. Policies will be implemented to counteract pressure on the property market.We will be generating a new stable management model for crowded spaces which applies improvements agreed to between the various parties and creates wealth that is fairly and sustainably distributed.Ensuring the redistribution of the wealth brought by tourism for the entire population is one of the goals of the Strategic Plan. This year will see extra measures in place owing to the emergency health situation caused by the COVID-19.Barcelona Activa sets up a subsidy programme for the self-employed hit hardest by the Covid-19 crisis. The 2020 summer bathing season in Barcelona coincides with the lockdown exit process for Covid-19 and includes special measures to control capacity at the beaches and guarantee the necessary safety distance. We also need to coordinate the city’s tourist-communication tools, so that they respond to the goal of ensuring a sustainable destination.The plan aims to have an impact on the information tourists receive before their stay in the city and to strengthen exchange channels before, during and after their stay.What does tourism cost Barcelona? Explore and enjoy them!To ensure women, children and teenagers are attended to during the health crisis and the return to normality the City Council is boosting the services offered to gender violence victims and publishing some guides on prevention and self-protection.Programme aimed at reducing inequalities between Barcelona neighbourhoods, backing access to income, services, urban quality and welfare.Online and telephone information, aid and resource service for freelance, companies, cooperatives, associations and workers to take on the economic hardships arising from the effects of the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus.Step into the city’s districts and neighbourhoods, and enjoy its attractions: urban areas, cultural and architectural heritage, nature areas, leisure, study centres or museums.Barcelona City Council offers a catalogue of free downloadable publications for you to enjoy during the time you have to stay at home because of the Covid-19 outbreak.The City Council is fostering and promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy with resources that include training, support, economic aid, responsible public procurement and the allocation of venues and materials. meet.barcelona.cat
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Overnight accommodation costs in Barcelona 2017-2020, by month.
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Find out all about it!The City Council is making its contemporary photographic collection, featuring over four thousand pictures of Barcelona, available to the public. The Strategic Tourism Plan 2020 has initiated an intense process of reflection and generation of shared knowledge about tourism in the city and its effects. The balance between costs and benefits has to be calculated and analysed if we are to know what expense tourism represents out of the municipal coffers and what activities create more or less income and expenditure.The plan provides for designing a tourist-tax investment and funding plan, exploring other tax measures as management tools and taxing activities that cause more externalities and which affect daily life in the city: intense use of public space, property pressure, environmental impact, among other things. ajuntament.barcelona.cat