Barcelona admonished Ciutat Vella's souvenir shops with 127 notices of closure for violations in 2024

Barcelona City Council inspects souvenir shops in Ciutat Vella. Albert Batlle reports on cease and desist orders and sanctions. Ciutat Vella under strict control.

The City Council of Barcelona issued 127 orders to cease activity in 2024 for non-compliances detected in shops of 'souvenirs' in Ciutat Vella. The councillor of the district, Albert Batlle, explained the data in the public audience of Ciutat Vella this Thursday, in which he defended that the consistory is acting with "contundence" in front of the proliferation of establishments of souvenirs for tourists. The edil thus responded to the complaint…