Barcelona will create a special personal photo area to stop the tourist chaos in the Holy Family
propagandabefore Sagrada Familia de BarcelonaGroups of tourists to become personal photos. They gather on the sidewalk before the famous Bazilica Designed by Godi And even get the way to get a better angle.
This research is produced for an image worthy instagram on an account Daily life for residents. For more than a decade, Barcelona attacks the blocs of visitors who hinder pedestrians It hinders traffic About the religious box.
Now, the Barcelona authorities have presented a plan to determine a specific area so that tourists can photograph themselves and at the same time providing traffic. This is the last scale for the authorities to organize Excessive tourismIn BarcelonaOne of the main tourist destinations in Spain.
Selfie Selfie in Sarrada Familia “will match tourists with the neighborhood”
Barcelona City Council announced that it will create a special area next to the Holy Family, where visitors can take a break – and a personal photo – before entering the temple. The space said, from 6200 square metersIt will be located between the Basedlika and Gouda Square, on the Naval Street.
Until recently, Gaudí Square was the stage chosen by tourists Beormetenance Which caused great disorders. Visitors were their phones budget On metro mechanical stairs To record while the symbolic monument appeared in the background. The trend caused the clicking on tourists on the outputs of the stations It ended with the ban.
“The new project helps to solve a space in it It is difficult to reconcile Used between Temple and neighborhood visitorsBarcelona City Council said in a press release.
It will cost the meeting of the meeting area 2.7 million euros
It is expected that the business The meeting area Start after the summer and the end in April 2026, in conjunction with Celsius for the death of Godi. The project, from 2.7 million eurosIt is part of a larger 15.5 million plan to improve infrastructure and manage visitors around the sacred box. The Holy Family attracts 4.7 million visitors annually and is the most visited place in Spain, yet The red de Granada.
Barcelona, that It attracts 32 million visitors annually,, It has already provided many measures to stop excessive tourism. In 2024, the city launched a 44 million euros plan for Organizing the blocs In 16 tourist points by publishing more cleaning employees and security agents to maintain order and safety.
Tourism should serve the city model
Last July, the city abandoned the 15 -year -old slogan “Zara Barcelona” in favor of Al -Jadid “This Barcelona”On the occasion of changing the image that moves the destination of group tourism.
Barcelona He also pledged to ban short -term apartment rental for tourists by 2028 and reduce cruises. Last year, after the announcement, the mayor of the city, Jaume CollboniHe declared that the decision responded to the danger to become Barcelona A recreational garden without residents. “Tourism should be in the service of the city model, not on the contrary,” he added.
