Shorouk Express The Canary Islands government has approved new regulations that force town halls to prioritise long-term housing and limit the number of holiday homes on the islands. Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday approved long-awaited legislation to regulate tourist flats across the archipelago. Along with the Balearics, the Canary Islands have been at the forefront…
Shorouk Express Tourist rental platform Airbnb has called for Spain to adopt different regulations for holiday rentals depending on whether they’re rural or urban-based, similar to a system in force in France. The company has even defended the potential of short-term tourist rentals – a real enemy of Spain’s anti-tourism movement last year – to…
Shorouk Express Mallorca continues its fight against overtourism with rules to prohibit new tourist apartments, party boats and the creation of new hostels in the capital of Palma. Authorities in Palma, the capital of the island of Mallorca, have announced they want to introduce a complete ban on new tourist rentals in the city, as…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 14. Georgia welcomed a record 4.3 million tourist visits in the first three quarters of 2025, marking an all-time high, according to official data, Trend reports. Compared to the same period last year, the number of foreign tourists increased by 7.9%, foreign visitors by 5.6%, and total international travelers by…
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Shorouk Express Tourism Materials 17 June 2025 07:33 (UTC +04:00) Tourist arrivals from Georgia to Azerbaijan slightly declined in May 2025. Despite this, the total number of foreign visitors to the country increased compared to the same period last year. Overall, tourism in Azerbaijan showed moderate growth in the first five months of…
Shorouk Express One bus was parked and picking up passengers on Avinguda Diagonal, one of Barcelona’s widest and most significant avenues, when the other smashed into it from behind, deputy mayor Albert Batlle told reporters at the scene of the accident. “There are four critically injured, including a minor, and three less seriously injured. The…
Shorouk Express Holidaymakers in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia will soon have to pay double as much in tourist taxes as they already do, with higher nightly rates in particular for those staying in Barcelona. That’s according to an agreement between the Catalan government and the parliamentary group Comuns, as announced on Thursday by the…
Shorouk Express It’s hard to believe now, but when Airbnb first launched, one of its main draws was to ‘live like a local’ in a foreign country, perhaps stay with them, or experience what living in a property very different from yours back home was like. This ‘homestay’ or familial experience can still be found,…
Shorouk Express The city wants to ban horse-drawn carriages from its streets this year to protect the animals after years of criticism of the trade. The decision to follow in the footsteps of other tourist hotspots such as Rome and Chicago dismayed visitors including Anastasia, a chef who had travelled from Britain. “It’s really nice,…
