Table 1

Number, median and quartiles of alcohol sales premises and advertising in a sample of the city census tracts, by tourism pressure, Barcelona, 2017–2018

n%Q1*Median*Q3*
Alcohol premises in general
Low tourism pressure27811.64.826.979.74
Medium tourism pressure97440.74.687.1910.25
High tourism pressure113947.78.5214.5517.83
Total23911005.368.1813.88
 On-premises
 Low tourism pressure185112.794.247.68
 Medium tourism pressure65939.22.714.146.51
 High tourism pressure83849.84.879.1112.97
Total16821003.195.158.64
 Off-premises
 Low tourism pressure9113.31.32.43.39
 Medium tourism pressure30844.81.422.493.7
 High tourism pressure28841.92.323.495.11
Total6871001.62.733.91
Advertising and promotion
Low tourism pressure28312.54.15.648.58
Medium tourism pressure906404.266.399.66
High tourism pressure107447.58.5811.6116.29
Total226310057.5912.37
 Advertising and promotion in public places unrelated to premises
 Low tourism pressure5518.1001.03
 Medium tourism pressure14246.900.821.57
 High tourism pressure1063500.811.79
Total30310000.781.57
 Premises with alcohol advertising and promotion elements
 Low tourism pressure219124.824.828.04
 Medium tourism pressure709393.285.127
 High tourism pressure893496.2310.8813.7
Total18211001.75.8510.08
  • Tourism pressure is categorised using quartiles: low: Q1; medium: Q2–Q3; high: Q4.

  • *Estimation for all Barcelona, densities per 1000 inhabitants (weighted).

  • †There were further 22 alcohol premises classified as ‘other outlets that sold alcohol as a minor part of the business’ and 139 alcohol promotion elements classified as ‘alcohol advertising or promotion elements related to commercial settings different from alcohol premises’ not shown in this table due to small numbers.