As the commissioner for sustainable tourism, José Antonio Donaire’s job is to diminish the impact of the nearly 16 million ...

If you have visited Barcelona recently, you might have noticed something unusual going on. Since the early summer, central hotspots such as La Rambla and neighbourhoods such as Gracia and Parc Guell ...

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona's new mayor is picking a fight with home rental websites as she tries to crack down on uncontrolled tourism that she fears could drive out poor residents and spoil the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Goldstein is a journalist and playwright based in Los Angeles. The war on tourism is starting anew, with Covid-19 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters fired toy water guns at tourists during protests in Barcelona last July. - Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/Abaca/Sipa USA It ...

The “Visit Barcelona” slogan is set to become a thing of the past. Amid growing anti-tourism protests, the Barcelona Tourism office has decided it’s time for a new approach. The city’s new motto will ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Protesters swarmed the streets of Barcelona to condemn mass tourism, which they blame for skyrocketing ...

Barcelona officials plan to ban short-term tourist apartment rentals by 2028, mirroring policies that have bubbled up across Europe in recent years. “We are confronting what we believe is Barcelona’s ...

Barcelona is pivoting away from mass to quality tourism promotion in the wake of local outrage and pressure. Barcelona’s tourism board is replacing its 15-year-old slogan ‘Visit Barcelona’ with ‘This ...

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