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The boom of low-cost lodging in Barcelona

The boom of low-cost lodging, an interesting article in El País about how the number of hostels in Barcelona has doubled in the last few years, and about how for each legal bed there is 1 or 2 illegal ones, according to Carles […]

How to mitigate the impact of mass tourism in Barcelona?

Last week Petz Scholtus took part in the conference “How to mitigate the impact of mass tourism in Barcelona?” by Upsocial. Juan Manuel Ribera, tourism consultant, explained that “tourism is not one thing but the sum of many things like gastronomy transportation, health care, […]

More tourists for Barcelona

In 2012 Barcelona received 7,44 million tourists, 0,7% more than the year before according to La Vanguardia “Barcelona mantiene el número de turistas en 2012 pero caen un 6,8% los españoles”  

the GreenLeaders Program by Tripadvisor

TripAdvisor launched the GreenLeaders Program to help eco business get the recognition they deserve and travellers plan more responsible trips. So far this is only for US-based hotels and B&Bs but we hope it will be global soon. Check TripAdvisor’s survey guide […]