Palma goes ahead with ban on holiday rentals
Palma has gone ahead with its plans to ban flat owners from renting out their accommodation in the city.
The ban, which comes into force in July, follows complaints from locals about over tourism.
Palma’s mayor believes the move will be a model for cities suffering with mass tourism.
"Palma is a bold and decisive city," said Mayor Antoni Noguera, according to reports in Spanish newspaper El Pais.
"We agreed on this on the basis of the general interest, and we believe that it will create a trend in other cities when they see that finding a balance is key."
It comes after studies showed the number of unlicensed tourist apartments in the city rose 50% between 2015 and 2017 to 20,000 units.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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