Is Spain really banning tourists?
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These measures come in response to increasing protests from residents in popular tourist destinations such as Mallorca, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands. According to reports, locals have voiced concerns about rising rents, housing shortages, environmental degradation, and the erosion of cultural identity caused by an influx of short-term holiday rentals and a surge in tourist numbers.
Starting January 14, 2025, Malaga will enforce a three-year ban on registering new short-term holiday rental properties in 43 districts where rentals account for more than 8% of residential buildings. Additionally, from February 22, 2025, existing tourist flats in Malaga that lack independent access separate from residential spaces will lose their licenses.
Malaga’s measures are part of a broader trend in Spain, with cities like Alicante and Madrid having implemented similar rules last year. Meanwhile, Barcelona has taken an even stricter approach, planning to phase out all tourist flat licenses by 2028 after having stopped issuing new ones since 2014. Seville and other cities are also expected to introduce comparable restrictions in the near future.
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The primary goal of these regulations is to address key challenges
