Inspections were carried out at 27 souvenir shops, food stores, bars and restaurants, leading to 396 cases being opened. Five premises were also sealed off, four of them for matters relating to supply and electrical installations, and one for public health reasons relating to infestations.

Participating in the inspection operation were the municipal inspection body for the District of Gràcia and the municipal tax inspectorate, along with the City Police, the Public Health Agency, the Work Inspectorate, Inland Revenue and Endesa.

Most infringements detected were linked to the activity of the premises and contemplated by their licence, as well as landscape aspects (posters, signage and business signs). Many establishments were selling souvenirs without permission. In food stores the operation found anomalies linked to the maintenance of foodstuffs, health and the expiry dates of products. As for labour matters, there were also irregularities linked to working regulations and social security.

These types of inspections coordinate municipal and extramunicipal inspectors in highly problematic spaces, with the intention of bringing to light all the irregularities as a whole. Activities are headed by the Directorate for Municipal Inspection Services and the City Police as part of the Pla Endreça and under the umbrella of the Comprehensive Inspection Plan.

Regulating the impact of tourism

The management of problems that tourism can bring has been stepped up during this term of office in certain spaces in the city through the definition of high-influx areas, with Park Güell one of the first three to be established. In addition, in the neighbourhood of La Salut in particular, the area of restricted access for vehicles of local residents was tripled, taxi ranks were reorganised and public transport bolstered.