Check Barcelona. A New App Will Improve Visitor-flow Management at Different Tourist Sites

Turisme de Barcelona and the Barcelona City Council, in partnership with the technology provider EureCat, recently presented a new app, called Check Barcelona, that aims to prevent congestion at different tourist sites and offer alternatives for visitors.

Release time : 2021-05-14 17:54:37

source : Turisme de Barcelona

information about current visitor numbers. It allows you to refine your search and choose the nearest ones that best suit your interests. It gives you the opportunity to book your visit, find out information about transport, access to parking and the safety protocols in place at each site or attraction.

To obtain information in real time, the app uses API integration with different sources of information, also in real time. You’ll find information about beach occupancy through the on-site cameras that will be analysed to provide occupancy indicators. The app is integrated with the Turisme de Barcelona ticket sales platform and allows you to check on how busy some 280 sites and attractions are, make bookings and buy tickets immediately without having to queue.

Eduard Torres, CEO of the Turisme de Barcelona Executive Committee, considers that “the new app ties in with Turisme de Barcelona’s strategy to apply the ‘smart tourist destination’ concept d on the digitisation and development of smart cities, where technology plays a decisive role and tourist destinations have to take the necessary steps to make technology part of the entire visitor cycle: that is, before, during and after their trip.

In this way the visitor experience will be enriched and the destination will be able to interact with them.” He went on to say that “with the aid of technologies, we’ll be able to offer safer visits, provide visitors with more information and gain a better insight into changing behaviour regarding demand in order to strengthen sustainability.

The councillor for Tourism and Creative Industries, Xavier Marcé, who is vice-president of Turisme de Barcelona, considers that “foresight will be decisive in the future management of our visitors. Not just in the administration of sites and destinations, but in creating trends and showcasing bold initiatives. This is a crucial stepping stone to consolidating new