A CATALAN village has been branded as the 'most beautiful town in the world' according to the United Nations World Tourism ...

Global holiday home rental company Airbnb has urged Barcelona's mayor to rethink a widening crackdown on short-term rentals, arguing that it only benefits the hotel sector while failing to address ...

BARCELONA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Spain is set to register a record number of visitors this year, with some 95 million foreign visitors coming to the country and a turnover of over 2 billion euros (2.10 ...

Airbnb argued in its letter that none of Barcelona’s earlier measures that had imposed strict limits on new tourist accommodation licences in the city centre since 2014 proved to be effective.

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short-term tourist rentals. The price of rentals signed in the second quarter of 2024 in Barcelona was almost 70% higher than in the same period of 2014, data from the Catalan Housing Agency shows.

Airbnb argued in its letter that none of Barcelona's earlier measures that had imposed strict limits on new tourist accommodation licences in the city centre since 2014 proved to be effective.

BARCELONA, Spain — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters cut off ...