Barcelona, one of the world's top tourism draws, has been showing growing signs of crankiness with its popularity, and with the costs to the city government of serving the millions of visitors—especially those who come by cruise ship or bus and leave without sleeping.
City officials are considering ways to collect more from those day-trippers. Barcelona is a popular cruise destination, but only those ships that stay more than 12 hours pay the port taxes and fees that are assessed by the city; one proposal would apply them to all.
Another proposal would find a way to gain revenue from visitors who come on bus tours that don't include overnights; that could be done by a road toll, or higher parking fees for the ubiquitous buses.
For more details on the issue and the proposals from TheLocal.es, click HERE
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