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Popular Spanish city could introduce new tourist tax affecting British visitors this year (Image: Getty) Barcelona's city council wants to increase its share of the tax from 3.25 euros to four euros maximum. Added to the tourist tax charged by the Generalitat of Catalonia, this means a visitor staying overnight in a five star hotel would pay a total of 7.

5 euros a day. Hotel leaders in Barcelona have already vented their anger at the proposal which could come into force any time between this October and next April. "The hotel sector in Barcelona already contributes widely with the taxes that levy its activity.



In fact, the group of hotels in Barcelona contributes more than 400 million euros annually in taxes (VAT, Corporate Tax, IAE and IBI)," said a spokesman for the Barcelona Hotels Guild. Barcelona currently applies a surcharge of 3.25 euros per overnight stay in any establishment and to cruise passengers, an amount that is added to the tourist tax charged by the Generalitat (which varies depending on the type of accommodation).

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