overtourism
Fuelled by the rise of tourism in Portugal, the narrow streets of the country's capital, Lisbon, have become clogged with tuk-tuks. From her balcony, Rosa Alves says she does not even try to count them anymore. They appear as soon as the sun rises, carrying tourists to the top of the hill. The 78-year-old pensioner has been living in her apartment for the past 50 years, but she says things have never been so bad in her beloved neighbourhood. There are more tourists, more tuk-tuks and more traffic, she says. According to Rosa and reports in Portuguese media, sometimes residents can’t even leave...
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Tourists are becoming unwelcome in Europe's hotspots. Barcelona protesters have sprayed visitors with water, Venice now charges day trippers, and Dubrovnik limits the number of visitors. Top destinations are fighting back, with locals erecting fences and scrawling graffiti telling tourists to "go home." If the conflict between tourism cash and weary locals doesn't appeal, head for Europe's lesser-visited destinations. There, you can bask in the knowledge that the lack of welcome, high costs, fully-booked accommodation, and less-than-optimal service due to visitor numbers won't affect you. Fran...
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Anti-tourist activism has steadily built momentum in Spain this year. It’s ranged from large-scale protests in major cities like Madrid and Málaga, to more subtle actions like anti-tourist graffiti peppering Spain’s inner-cities and coffee shops banning digital nomads from hogging tables with their laptops. In some places, however, things have taken a slightly more unsettling turn. In the southern city of Seville Airbnb lockboxes were recently allegedly covered in dog poo, and in Barcelona tourists were sprayed with water pistols and told to leave the city. For digital nomads and remote worker...
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The Valencia region in Spain is to impose fines of up to €600,000 on unlicensed and black-market short-term rentals and Airbnb-style apartments. This is in an attempt to stop overtourism in the area, which has also been putting added pressure on local public facilities and driving rental prices up in key European tourist destinations. According to Airbtics, an Airbnb analysis company, the average Airbnb or short-term rental accommodation in Valencia has a median occupancy rate of 79%, being booked for 288 nights annually. With a daily rate of €93 on average, in 2023, hosts saw a typical revenu...
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Thousands of people have demonstrated in Mallorca against what they say are the negative impacts of overtourism. Organisers of the march say uncontrolled tourist numbers are causing a drop in wages, loss of quality of life, noise and an increase in the price of housing, both to rent and to buy. "Now is the time to say enough is enough. We want concrete measures to limit and decrease the number of tourists coming and to improve the wellbeing of the local population," said Pere Joan Feminia, spokesperson for the platform 'Less Tourism, More Life', which organised the rally. Demonstrators marched...
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Who are the European Parliament's newcomers? In this episode, Radio Schuman interviews some first-timer MEPs, including ex-prime ministers and a famous influencer on TikTok. We take a quick peek on the other side of the channel, where about 45 countries are expected to meet in the UK for a summit of the European Political Community. EU-UK relations will be under scrutiny there, with a new government in London, and leaders will discuss whether to convene an EU-UK summit, an EU diplomat told Euronews. We also consider how several EU countries are unhappy about European Commission's boycott of th...
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Short-term rental properties have reportedly been smeared with excrement as anti-tourism protests reach fever pitch in Spain. According to Spanish daily newspaper ABC, several apartments in the Andalusian capital Seville have been targeted, with lockboxes containing keys being covered in brown muck. The incidents coincide with a new proposal by the city mayor to limit licences for Airbnb-style short-term rentals. It would cap tourist apartments at 10 per cent of the total accommodation in certain areas. However, some believe the proposed restrictions do not go far enough, with the main opposit...
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Venice's tourist tax trial earned the lagoon city €2.2 million, so why is it being branded a 'failure'? “The ticket is a failure, as demonstrated by city data,” says Giovanni Andrea Martini, an opposition city council member. The daytripper fee drew many opponents over the years it took the city to get it up and running. After years of delays, some due to Covid, visitors have been charged €5 on 29 days this year, mostly weekends and holidays. Authorities have said the levy will continue and could be doubled for 2025, bringing it up to €10. Did the tax help to combat overtourism?Over the weeken...
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Greek beaches covered in deckchairs are becoming a rarer sight as drones patrol to enforce new rules. Restaurants, bars and rental companies without a permit for beach seating are being targeted. The drones also scope out establishments placing seating too close to the sea - deckchairs and umbrellas must be at least four metres from the shore, according to legislation introduced in March. This means rental chairs are no longer allowed on beaches that are less than four metres wide. The drones are being assisted by local citizens via the MyCoast digital app, which lists legal establishments and...
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In Spanish cities suffering from overtourism, rules have slowly been introduced to help regulate numbers, including limits on the number of tourist rentals. Despite this, statistics from the Spanish government show that the number of tourist apartments has increased by nine per cent in the last year, with more than 340,000 now registered. This means in some cities there is one tourist rental for every 1.5 square kilometre and for every 139 locals. But tourist overcrowding is just part of the issue. The other side is Spain’s severe housing crisis, which means fewer and fewer people can afford i...
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