Ada Colau, the mayor of Barcelona, has stated town must restrict the variety of vacationers. The coastal metropolis attracts a variety of vacationers, a few of who journey on cruise ships.
Colau instructed : “We are able to’t take infinite numbers of vacationers. There must be a way of limits and order.”
Barcelona receives greater than 27 million vacationers per 12 months and locals have expressed issues about overcrowding.
Housing can be a difficulty within the metropolis as many residents are pressured to depart the centre because of the excessive variety of vacation lets.
Colau has restricted the variety of resort beds within the metropolis and forbidden the opening of latest inns within the centre.
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The mayor additionally closed unlawful vacationer flats rented out on websites reminiscent of Airbnb and banned additional licences for them.
She is now hoping to scale back the variety of cruise ships allowed to go to the port and cease the airport being prolonged.
“Forty p.c of the cruise ships cease for 4 hours. They don’t give town financial return, and 1000's of individuals disembark, create nice mobility points after which go away. It's an business we have now to restrict,” Colau instructed The Occasions.
Cruise tourism is controversial because of the air pollution the ships trigger and the variety of folks coming into town directly.
Cruise holidaymakers are additionally much less prone to spend cash within the metropolis as they get most of their food and drinks onboard.
Vacationers who arrive on cruise ships already pay a tax in the event that they keep in a single day in Barcelona however this may very well be elevated.
Town’s Gothic Quarter and tree-lined Las Ramblas road are two of the areas which can be most overcrowded in peak season.
Native residents have complained about extreme noise from partying vacationers at night time and loud tour teams.
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Final 12 months, tour guides had been banned from utilizing megaphones within the Gothic Quarter and given limits on folks numbers.
Nevertheless, Colau’s plans aren’t universally well-liked with some critics saying her insurance policies have broken the economic system.
She has additionally been criticised over visitors congestion and a few folks have stated town has been much less safe.
Barcelona isn’t the one Spanish metropolis to be focusing on tourism with strict guidelines and limits on numbers.
Final 12 months, tour guides had been banned from utilizing megaphones within the Gothic Quarter and given limits on folks numbers.
Nevertheless, Colau’s plans aren’t universally well-liked with some critics saying her insurance policies have broken the economic system.
She has additionally been criticised over visitors congestion and a few folks have stated town has been much less safe.
Barcelona isn’t the one Spanish metropolis to be focusing on tourism with strict guidelines and limits on numbers.