Tourist tax in Barcelona set to rise to €4 per night starting in October
Catalan capital collects €95m a year with this surcharge, and the increase will mean an additional €20m
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Barcelona Hotel Association threatens to sue over proposed tourist tax increase
Move comes after council decides to ask Parliament to charge visitors up to €4 per day
Barcelona agrees to raise tourist tax up to €4
Visitors could be charged more to spend the night in the city if parliament makes the necessary changes to legislation
Barcelona could introduce a tourist tax from 2017
Visitors coming to Barcelona in 2017 may be levied with a tourist tax. This would be added to the fee Catalonia already applies to people staying in Catalan hotels, camping sites and tourist cottages. The Municipal Commission of Economy and Finance passed on Tuesday a proposal presented by liberal ‘Convergència i Unió’ (CiU) in which the political party asks the local government to consider the application of a tourist tax, fee or public levy. The aim is to balance the costs and benefits of receiving around 30 million visitors each year. The text approved also insists on the necessity of demanding from the Catalan Government the transfer of all the revenue collected from tourists visiting the city, and not just half of it.