Holiday rentals
Terraferida point to holiday rentals "massive fraud"
There are over 16,000 more accommodation places on Airbnb since legislation came into force in 2017.
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Number of apartments for holiday rental has fallen 75%
The Balearic government believes that rentals legislation is proving to be effective.
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Habtur holds Busquets responsible for holiday rentals "flop"
"If this season has been difficult, next season we'll have to deal with the consequences of prohibition."
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Holiday rentals places will "disappear"
The Partido Popular is backing the holiday rentals association Habtur in challenging "prohibition".
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Tourism business leaders critical of holiday rentals legislation
"What in principle should have been a positive has been turned into a negative."
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Restaurant business down by 20%
The negative impact of holiday rental regulations is being blamed.
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Madrid drafting legislation to clarify holiday rentals
Legislation for holiday rentals will give legal security to owners and consumers and "clarify the rules of the game".
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Travel agencies proposing more restrictive rentals criteria
"There will be higher rents for residents and there could be property investment exclusively for tourists."
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Partido Popular promise to repeal holiday rentals legislation
While Biel Company was addressing PP councillors, the president of the Aptur holiday rentals association was warning that a second season is about to be lost.
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Ombudsman calls for "acceptable balance" in holiday rentals legislation
With regard to the Balearics, the report says that the "suitability and proportionality of intervention instruments could be evaluated by the Ombudsman".
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PP and El Pi get behind holiday rentals
Biel Company of the PP wants "clear and objective criteria" for holiday rentals and not the current arbitrariness.
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Sixty-day limit on holiday rentals in "saturated" zones
The sixty day limit for rental of "principal dwellings" will apply to the likes of Magalluf and to towns such as Alcudia, Pollensa and Santanyi (but not to these towns' resort areas).
Majorca
Communications and chicken farming: the week in Majorca
There were fears of a Catalonia "domino effect"; the Balearic government admitted that communications about tourist tax spending weren't very good; holiday rentals were on the Madrid government's agenda; and there was a reason to be cheerful for a chicken farmer.
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Madrid questioning Balearic rentals' law
Aspects of the legislation could conflict with Spanish and European law.
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Aptur wants holiday rentals' pact without Podemos
Joan Miralles of Aptur: "Above all, we are asking for responsibility and foresight from all those involved."
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Government hopeful of salvaging holiday rentals' bill
Biel Barceló has convinced Podemos of the need to revise the legislation in order to remove the uncertainty created.
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Madrid "political interference" in holiday rentals' legislation
Biel Barceló: "We can only believe that there are political motivations for the report."
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Owners to be limited to four properties for holiday rental
Podemos want certain parts of the Balearics to be declared "emergencies" and so ban holiday rentals.
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Holiday rentals' association raising 300 objections to legislation
The period for the holiday rentals' legislation public consultation ends on Tuesday.
Comment
Comment: Holiday rentals’ woe
"The Habtur association of holiday rentals in the Balearics has reacted badly to the government’s tourism circularity and sustainability decree..."
Andrew Ede16/02/2022 09:33