Barcelona is a popular tourist destination among young adults. In 2021, around 67 percent adult travelers in the Spanish city were between 18 and 34 years of age, according to a survey. Moreover, over 60 percent of Barcelona's visitors interviewed that year were leisure travelers.
What is there to do in Barcelona?
Barcelona’s architecture, strongly characterized by the work of Antoni Gaudí, is one of its most attractive features for visitors. The architect’s most famous project, the Basilica of the Holy Family – most popularly known as “La Sagrada Familia” – was the most visited site in Barcelona in 2020, followed by another of his constructions, the Parc Güell. Other popular activities among Barcelona’s visitors are going to the beach, shopping, enjoy the city’s gastronomy, and taking part in sports events.
Accommodation in Barcelona
With the considerable growth of tourism volume in Barcelona in the past decades, came the expansion of the city’s lodging industry. Between 1990 and 2019, the number of hotel rooms available in Barcelona surged by approximately 280 percent, reaching more than 38.7 thousand in 2019. After a heavy impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, this industry experienced a major recovery in 2021. Hotel accommodation is, nonetheless, only a part of the diverse lodging offer in the city.
Distribution of tourists in Barcelona, Spain in 2021, by age group
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OTB. (March 30, 2022). Distribution of tourists in Barcelona, Spain in 2021, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/456906/tourist-distribution-in-barcelona-spain-by-age/
OTB. "Distribution of tourists in Barcelona, Spain in 2021, by age group." Chart. March 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/456906/tourist-distribution-in-barcelona-spain-by-age/
OTB. (2022). Distribution of tourists in Barcelona, Spain in 2021, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/456906/tourist-distribution-in-barcelona-spain-by-age/
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