Shorouk Express Find out what The Local readers really think of Airbnb in Spain and what impact it’s had on local areas. Airbnb has been a topic of fierce debate in Spain in recent years. The short-term tourist rental platform has in many ways transformed travel. It’s made travel cheaper and more flexible, but with…
Shorouk Express Spain’s hard-right party Vox has submitted a proposal in Congress to increase taxes for foreign property buyers in Spain, with the aim of using the money to give tax breaks for Spanish citizens and promote the construction of subsidised housing. In response to Spain’s housing crisis, where many Spaniards don’t have access to…
Shorouk Express In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at why the decision to limit visitor numbers at Barcelona’s overcrowded Park Güell has been shrugged off as a “distraction tactic” by disgruntled locals. Spain’s most touristy city continues to look for ways to crack down on overtourism, albeit not too drastically. Barcelona City Council approved…
Shorouk Express Concerns about rental prices and cultural change caused by rising numbers of tourist flats are moving inland into Spain’s smaller ‘B cities’, with many of the same problems and similar issues in finding solutions. 2024 was truly a year of protest in Spain. Whether it be Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Granada, the Canary and…
Shorouk Express Several environmental and resident groups on the Spanish island of Mallorca have sent an open letter to tourists in four languages asking them not to visit because they are “the source” of the problems the island is experiencing. “Mallorca is not the paradise they are selling you,” states the letter signed by SOS…
