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Barcelona to Increase Tourist Tax for Cruise Passengers

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Barcelona's mayor, Jaume Collboni, has announced plans to raise the tourist tax for cruise passengers who visit the city for less than 12 hours. The current daily rate is US$7.61, but it is unclear by how much the tax will be increased. This move is part of a series of measures aimed at reducing overtourism and improving the city's housing situation. Overtourism has been a major concern in Spain, with protests erupting across the country over the negative impact of the booming tourist industry on daily life. Collboni's government operates in a minority in the Catalan capital, but he is pushing forward with this plan to increase the tourist tax for cruise ship passengers.

  1. Jaume Collboni
    Renfe
    1. We are going to propose..substantially increasing the tax for stopover cruise passengers.
    2. When it comes to a choice between tourists using housing and the right to housing, we've decided to put the right to housing in Barcelona first.
    3. Barcelona is a city that's open to visitors and tourism is an important sector of its economy.

Tourism in Spain

  1. Barcelona Residents Protest Against Mass Tourism

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.The Times
  3. 3.CTV News
  4. 4.El Pais

perspectives

  1. 1.Protests
  2. 2.Tourism
  3. 3.Spain under Pedro Sanchez
  4. 4.Spanish politics

countries

  1. 1.SpainES

organizations

  1. 1.Canarias se Agota
  2. 2.Catalan Socialist Party
  3. 3.Prou Eivissa
  4. 4.Socialist PartyFR

persons

  1. 1.Jaume Collboni
  2. 2.Graham Keeley
  3. 3.Rafael Giménez
  4. 4.Víctor Martín

technicals

  1. 1.Balearic Islands
  2. 2.Canary Islands
  3. 3.Mobile World Congress
Barcelona to Increase Tourist Tax for Cruise Passengers