International tourist arrival growth slows down to only 1% in 2025
Government welcomes that visitors spent nearly €25bn last year, 4.5% more than in 2024
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Public and private pools to be entitled to be filled if open to everyone
Water consumption for tourists will be limited in municipalities surpassing threshold
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Catalonia welcomes 1.6 million tourists in September, 17% fewer than in 2019
Two out of three visitors in Spain came to Catalonia spending €1.8 billion
1.9m foreign tourists visited Catalonia in August, 20% fewer than in 2019
Visitors spend twice as much as last year but less than before pandemic
What you need to know if you're visiting Catalonia this summer
Which sights are open, under what Covid-19 conditions, and some alternative ideas for around different regions
PODCAST: BCN and tourism – a love–hate relationship
Episode 6 of Filling the Sink asks if the current tourism model is broken and what can be done to fix it
Tourism doubles from 2020, but is still far from pre-pandemic levels
Catalonia welcomed 1.5 million visitors in July, but domestic tourism can’t make up for lack of foreign travellers
Tourism sector pinning hopes on last-minute bookings and staycations for August
Campsites and rural accommodation busy, optimism on the Costa Brava, Barcelona hotels suffering
Vaccinated tourists now allowed to visit Catalonia
Brazil, South Africa and India are exceptions due to high rate of Covid-19 variants
Barcelona hopes to welcome 50% of the number of tourists in 2019 this summer
Catalan capital aims to position itself as ideal city from which to work remotely
Britons already booking summer holidays over vaccine optimism, say Catalan tourism officials
Catalonia’s Tourism Agency says Brexit will have no negative impact on the sector
International tourist arrivals plunge by 94% in November
2020 set to be worst in at least 20 years in number of visitors from abroad
International tourist arrivals to Catalonia plummet by 86% in October
Fall of over 90% in usual revenue from the sector