Tourist apartment owners in Barcelona claim over €4bn for closure plan
The owners of tourist apartments in Barcelona are demanding more than €4.2 billion in compensation over plans to scrap such accommodation by the end of...
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Malaga City Council to ban new holiday flats in 43 neighbourhoods
The city of Malaga (Andalusia) is to ban new short-term apartment rentals to tourists in 43 of its neighbourhoods, the latest move in the country...
Thousands protest against mass tourism across the Canary Islands
Thousands of protesters waving flags and placards hit the streets across the Canary Islands on Sunday, to demand restrictions to the mass tourism they say...
Lack of affordable housing and threat of mass tenants’ strike puts pressure on Spanish government
Spain’s acute housing crisis and high rental prices are together piling pressure on the minority coalition government of socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, as...
Spotlight: NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding expands its gastronomic offer
Located in the heart of Madrid, NH Collection Madrid Eurobuilding has established itself since its opening as a benchmark hotel, a symbol of elegance and...
Record number of summer visitors to Spain underlines over-tourism fears
Spain welcomed a record 21.8 million international visitors to its shores this summer, official data showed on Wednesday, an influx of tourism that has triggered...
Tourists in Barcelona sprayed with water pistols, as 2,800 protest against mass tourism
Around 3,000 protesters marched on Saturday in Barcelona to denounce mass tourism and its effect on Spain’s most visited city, with some angry locals even...
Spanish government to limit short-term rentals and tourist flats to address housing crisis
The Spanish government has announced its intention to modify the country’s existing housing law to put more limits on both short-term and tourist lettings, amid rising...
Barcelona wants to revoke all city’s 10,101 tourist apartment licences by Nov 2028
The socialist Barcelona Mayor, Jaume Collboni, has said that the council will revoke all 10,101 tourist apartment licences currently in operation in the city by November...
Thousands protest in Canary Islands against ‘unsustainable’ mass tourism model
Tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Spain’s Canary Islands on Saturday to demand changes to the model of mass tourism that they say...
