Barcelona to completely abolish short-term rentals for tourists by 2028

Barcelona to ban vacation apartments in bid to make city ‘livable’ again

Barcelona, Spain officials plan to ban short-term tourist apartment rentals by 2028, mirroring policies that have bubbled up across Europe in recent years.

Popular European hotspot to ban Airbnbs as tourism blamed for housing crisis

The city's mayor revealed plans last week to ban short-term rental properties for tourists, as rent prices soar

Barcelona votes to evict tourist apartment rentals from city

Spanish sublet shock solution to housing crisis

The announcement that Barcelona is about to close all tourist apartments in the run-up to 2028 has brought to the table a debate that transcends that of the tourism model that Spain needs and fully addresses one of the country's major problems: the scarcity of housing. With a contribution of more than 12% to the national GDP, tourism is a key sector for the economy and for the lives of millions of Spaniards, and it must remain so. However, the d…

Top tourist destination Barcelona plans to shut all holiday apartments by 2028

Barcelona announced that it will bar apartment rentals to tourists by 2028, an unexpectedly move as it seeks to rein in soaring housing costs.

EU city to ban ‘tourist apartments’

Barcelona plans to ban letting apartments to tourists by 2029 to make housing more affordable for local residents