The war on tourism is starting anew, with Covid-19 quarantines officially in the rearview window. Anti-travel attacks have been common in 2024, from the spray painting of a pair of private jets at ...

Barcelona is continuing in its quest to crack down on overtourism, and visitors are about to notice the difference in their final bill. The popular Spanish city has officially doubled its tourist ...

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 ...

Local officials in Catalonia have decided to raise the tourism tax substantially, meaning visitors to Barcelona will have to cough up more cash. How much more tourists will have to pay depends on the ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Last year, a few weeks after visiting the Spanish island of Mallorca, I watched a television report about residents of ...

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 ...