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Turistes en la Sagrada Família. © Àngel Bravo
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Tourism 5.0: much more than an industry, it is a territorial management system

Pau Solanilla Franco
For decades, tourism has been analyzed and managed as an industry. It has been and is an economic and social engine for Spain that represents more than 12.7% of GDP and generates almost 3 million jobs. For the city of Barcelona, it is equally very relevant: according to 2025 data,...
Peatones en una calle concurrida
Opinion

Barcelona Republik: influence, power and economy of reputation

Pau Solanilla Franco
The world is experiencing growing tension between two major political and economic models. Two antagonistic impulses that will mark the course of global geoeconomics and condition the future of cities, democracies, and markets in the coming decades. On one hand, the reputation economy emerges, an economic model based on building...
Vista panoràmica Barcelona capvespre. © Laura Guerrero
Opinion

Barcelona and the bet on the economy of peace

Pau Solanilla Franco
We live in a much more violent and transactional world in which wars multiply and conflicts become entrenched. In this context, the economy of security emerges as a new key concept in geopolitical and geoeconomic analysis. An abrupt change that validates the famous phrase of the Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci...