Anti-tourism activists have staged protests in popular holiday destinations across Spain, saying visitors drive up housing costs, making city centres unaffordable for residents
Barcelona will raise the tourist tax for cruise passengers visiting the city for less than 12 hours, the mayor said in an interview published on Sunday.
“We are going to propose ... substantially increasing the tax for stopover cruise passengers,” he told El Pais newspaper.
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