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Malaga approves three-year ban on hotels and tourist apartment blocks on residential land
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Malaga City Council has approved a three-year moratorium on new hotels, tourist apartment blocks and other tourist accommodation developments on residential land, marking the latest step in the city’s efforts to address housing pressures linked to tourism.
Malaga expands restrictions on new tourist accommodation developments
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Malaga City Council has approved further planning restrictions on tourist accommodation, requiring all new hotels, hostels, tourist apartments and short-term rentals proposed on residential land to undergo a full planning modification process.
Ban on new STRs in saturated areas of Malaga to come into effect
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: Fresh restrictions are set to come into effect in Malaga at the start of December which will prevent the registration of new holiday rentals in saturated areas of the city.
Government issues royal decree for national STR register in Spain
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: Spain’s central government has issued a royal decree that will establish a single national register for short-term rental properties.
Pamplona bans new licences for tourist apartments
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Pamplona, the capital of Navarre province in northern Spain, is following the lead of other cities across Spain by refusing to grant new licences for tourist apartments in its old town.
Water supply set to be cut to illegal rentals in Seville
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpain: The office of the mayor of Seville has announced plans to cut off the water supply to short-term rentals in the city that are being illegally rented out by property owners to tourists.
STRz Podcast 51: Marco Celani, AIGAB
Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: AIGAB president Marco Celani joins us for episode 51 of the ShortTermRentalz podcast.
Government in Spain pursues national holiday rental crackdown
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: The Spanish government is pursuing a national crackdown on short-term rental listings amid backlash from local citizens across the country who feel like they are being priced out of the housing market and calls for further regulation by regional governments.
Canary Islands push back against mass tourism with draft law
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: The Canary Islands, as well as other Spanish islands and mainland Spain, are preparing to tighten legislation on illegal short-term rentals this year and combat what local authorities deem as mass tourism.
Vitur Summit 2023: Eric Bergaglia, Booking.com
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetherlands / Spain: Eric Bergaglia, senior director – global head of accommodations segments at Booking.com, speaks to STRz at the 2023 Vitur Summit in Málaga about the company’s record-breaking Q1 results, the top guest priorities in the current economic context, and how Booking.com is seeking to attract new hosts.