Barcelona will eliminate ALL tourist apartments in 2028 following local backlash: 10,000-plus licences will expire in huge blow for platforms like Airbnb - Olive Press News Spain
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BARCELONA'S city council has announced it will revoke all licenses for tourist apartments in the urban area by 2028. In a major win for anti-tourist
  • poo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    On one hand, biting that hand that feeds

    On the other, I’ve lived in buildings with AirBnBs and they’re a scourge. The owners and renters of short term rental properties are mostly (not all) awful - residents should be owning property, not spoiled rich landlords eating up space for tourists. Fuck AirBnB.

    I also visited Spain last month and I’ve never felt so unwelcomed in my life while in Barcelona and would never go back, so I guess the anti-tourism is working 😂

    • cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
      01·
      8 months ago

      Obviously it’s the landlord who do it for profit. It’s not like the tourist just came to the city and shove the residents out of their own home or something like that.

      All this would do is shift the profits to hotel chains. The rent will never go down and the landlord will never sell.