The Mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, considers that the extension of trading hours agreed this summer in areas tourist city does not have the expected result as to influx of buyers.
last June, municipal groups CiU and PPC agreed to the shops of tourist axes Barcelona could open all Sundays in the months of July, August and the first half of September to take advantage of the influx of tourists in the city. In an interview on Channel 3/24, Trias explained that the balance of this initiative will be in October and that’s when the City Council, in collaboration with trade representatives, agree appropriate action.
The mayor acknowledged that “the world of commerce was believed” that this business expansion would have a “much more significant” impact on the economy, and “we will find that probably is not as much as it seemed.”
In addition, Trias has defended the priority of Metro Line 9 gets to the free zone, as it ensures that this infrastructure will also benefit neighboring towns like L’Hospitalet de Llobregat and El Prat. He recalled that the work is “half done” and you need to put it into operation, and that this is a “pinching” the Government to find solutions to revive construction of the L9, knowing that the economic situation of the Government Catalan is very difficult.
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