the mooted expansion of barcelona airport. translation: we have a plan against mass tourism that - includes not expanding barcelona airport because we can t have 20 million more tourists. ..not allowing more cruise ship terminals to be used and reducing the number of cruise passengers who arrive here by half. and we want to limit further the number of tourist apartments and souvenir shops in the city. 0pposition parties have proposed less strident measures to manage the issue. but many in the sector are worried about the backlash against tourism because of its importance for the local economy. translation: tourism represents around 1496 of the city s gdp. - we are obviously a very important industry. the hotel sector generates
translation: tourists end up. occupying public space, and that pushes us residents elsewhere. there are so many tourists that the residents don t spend time here in the centre of town. it really makes you sad. the local authorities are not happy about the situation either. the left wing local government which has been in power since 2015 has taken a number of measures to try and curb the growth of tourism, including closing down around 6,000 illegal tourist apartments. as she runs for re election in a tightly fought race, the mayor, ada colau, is going further proposing a series of tougher measures that include opposing the mooted expansion of barcelona airport. translation: we have a plan - against mass tourism that includes not expanding barcelona airport because we can t have
20 million more tourists. ..not allowing more cruise ship terminals to be used and reducing the number of cruise passengers who arrive here by half. and we want to limit further the number of tourist apartments and souvenir shops in the city. 0pposition parties have proposed less strident measures to manage the issue. but many in the sector are worried about the backlash against tourism because of its importance for the local economy. translation: tourism represents around 1496 of the city s gdp. - we are obviously a very important industry. the hotel sector generates 1.9 billion euros per year in barcelona alone. the future of tourism in barcelona will depend to a great extent on the result of this election. but whatever happens, it s certain to remain a contentious issue for the city s politicians and its residents.
the local authorities are not happy about the situation either. the left wing local government which has been in power since 2015 has taken a number of measures to try and curb the growth of tourism, including closing down around 6,000 illegal tourist apartments. as she runs for re election in a tightly fought race, the mayor, ada colau, is going further proposing a series of tougher measures that include opposing the mooted expansion of barcelona airport. translation: we have a plan against mass tourism that - includes not expanding barcelona airport because we can t have 20 million more tourists. translation: we have a plan against mass tourism that - ..not allowing more cruise ship terminals to be used and reducing the number of cruise passengers who arrive here by half. and we want to limit further the number of tourist apartments and souvenir shops in the city. 0pposition parties have