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# Barcelona Channels Tourist Tax to Climate-Control 30 Schools with €17M Investment
- URL: https://barna.news/barcelona-channels-tourist-tax-to-climate-control-30-schools-with-e17m-investment/
- Published: 2025-09-05T09:11:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-11T22:10:59.000Z
- Description: Barcelona City Council will invest €17 million this year to install heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems in 30 public schools, fully financed through revenue from the municipal tourist tax. The funding enables the first ten schools to have climate control systems operational by the sta
- Author: Barna.News
- Tags: environment

Barcelona City Council will invest **€17 million** this year to install heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems in **30 public schools**, fully financed through revenue from the **municipal tourist tax**. The funding enables the first **ten schools** to have climate control systems operational by the **start of the academic year on 8 September**, while the remainder will be completed between September and October.

![](https://barna.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Coliboni.jpeg)

*Collboni at the Jacinto Verdaguer school where works have been done this summer to air-condition and isolate the center from external noise / Joan Mateu Parra / Shooting*

Currently, the city levies a **€4 surcharge per visitor**, and officials have announced plans to **gradually double this rate by 2028** to generate additional resources for public services. Critics, however, question the fairness of relying on visitor taxes for infrastructure typically provided through general taxation.

👉 [Source](https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20250904/11029630/tasa-turistica-permite-climatizar-ano-30-escuelas-barcelona.html?ref=barna.news)