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Many European travel destinations have introduced taxes on accommodation services for tourists as a way to discourage overcrowding and work towards a more sustainable type of tourism. Barcelona, one of Europe’s most visited cities, also carries out such taxation. In addition, the Barcelona city council added on June 1st, 2021 a surcharge of originally **** euros to the already established tax, which was calculated based on the category of the accommodation establishment. This surcharge has increased several times since then, pushing the total tourist tax fee up. Since the beginning of October 2024, for example, visitors staying in 5-star and luxury hotels in Barcelona must pay *** euros per night, whereas the fee for lower accommodation services amounts to * euros per night.

Which accommodation types are offered in Barcelona?

There are more than ** thousand travel accommodation premises in Barcelona, most of which are short-term rentals. However, hotels account for the highest number of beds available in the Mediterranean city. In 2022, this number stood at over ** thousand, while the number of beds offered by homes for tourist use and tourist apartments amounted to roughly ** thousand.

Where do visitors prefer to stay in Barcelona?

Hotels are the first accommodation choice among tourists in Barcelona. In 2022, hotel establishments welcomed nearly *** guests, which accounts for * out of 10 overnight visitors that year. But this choice also depends on the number of nights people decide to stay in the city. For instance, guesthouses and inns had an average length of stay of *** nights in 2022, while hotel guests only stayed *** nights on average.