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Isn’t it Air BnB and the like which is causing all the anti-tourism sentiment in Spain just now?
Probably Sanchez’ next move.
The unlicensed holiday home renters are the bigger issue but cities like Barcelona are banning these holiday lets entirely. We stayed in Cuenca (a very beautiful city near Valencia) over new year and the short term holiday lets, including ours have huge red signs on the door saying VUT Viviendas de Uso Turístico. It is a real problem in the more popular spots but smaller, less well known places really rely on these places to attract tourists where there are fewer other options.
We have talked to quite a few people in Spain about this and it seems that not only is it a problem for all the well rehearsed reasons but they feel too many properties are rented by the wrong types of people – lots of yobs and yobesses on stag/hen dos cramming too many people into flats, causing lots of disturbances, banging on doors, vomiting. They contribute really very little to the local economy but cause disproportionate disruption. Sadly, Brits generally seem to be the worst culprits.
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