UPDATE: Spain probes Airbnb in crackdown on tourism rentals
Other European countries including Italy and Croatia have also taken measures to limit the growth of tourism rentals.
Move is part of a crackdown on illegal holiday lets.
Move is part of a crackdown on illegal holiday lets.
Spain probes unidentified holiday home renting platform for listings without licences
The investigation is part of a general crackdown on the tourism rentals business through platforms such as Airbnb or Booking.com in the country.
Airbnb urges Spain rethink on holiday rentals
Spain has built fewer houses in the past decade than at any time since 1970
Tourists in Palma.
Tourists in Palma.
Ban on new holiday flat permits in Spain
Residents protesting against high rents and a lack of long-term supply blame it on the proliferation of short-term renting on platforms such as Airbnb and booking.com and an a influx of foreigners choosing Malaga as a base for remote work.
British tourists warned that Spain is cracking down on "illegal" tourism
The aim is to prosecute fraud and put a stop to illegal or fraudulent seasonal tourist accommodation in order to "mobilise the largest residential rental housing stock".
More than a third of Spaniards (37%) say that the holiday lets industry brings more harm than benefits.
More than a third of Spaniards (37%) say that the holiday lets industry brings more harm than benefits.
The boom, driven by British and German visitors, is expected to propel Spain's GDP growth to 2.4% this year
The boom, driven by British and German visitors, is expected to propel Spain's GDP growth to 2.4% this year
A holiday rental room with a view is going to cost you in Calvia.
A holiday rental room with a view is going to cost you in Calvia.
Mallorca home to the most expensive coastal properties in Spain
Some holiday rentals in Mallorca are more expensive than Barcelona.
The suitcase nightmare.
The suitcase nightmare.
Mallorca short-term rental boom shows no signs of easing
Europe’s boom in short-term tourism rentals shows no signs of cooling.
Spain as a whole is trying to tackle the problem of illegal apartment rentals.
Spain as a whole is trying to tackle the problem of illegal apartment rentals.
Fresh call for limiting the purchase of flats by non-residents across Spain
PSOE socialists will be calling on the EU to give regions like the Balearics specific legislation to regulate the purchase and sale of second homes - prohibition, in other words.
Balearics wants EU to help combat illegal holiday lets
The Balearics receives more than 15 million tourists throughout the year.
Balearics wages war on illegal holiday rentals starting in Mallorca
Objective is one of the Council of Mallorca's main policies.
Alcudia holiday complex "selling" apartments for two months of the year
Alcudia mayor perplexed and concerned.
The islands take over tourism
Having a minister and a secretary from the Canaries and the Balearics reflects the importance of the two regions to Spain’s tourism.
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The rumble in the jungle in Mallorca
The Dubrovnik ruling means that all wheeled suitcases have to be carried not rolled in the city centre.
Humphrey Carter02/08/2024 09:37