CNN
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With its enviable climate, food and architecture, Spain pulled in 98 million visitors in 2024 — making it the world’s second most-visited country after France. But that popularity comes with an unenviable side effect.
A surge in homes being listed on platforms like Airbnb means Spain’s main urban centers like Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia are now in the grip of a housing rental crisis that has, in recent months, become Spaniards’ primary worry, according to the Spanish Center for Sociological Research. Now that anxiety has triggered an official backlash.
Earlier this month, Spain’s Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda Ministry demanded the…
