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Barcelona has banned Airbnb.

"The decision is designed to solve what Collboni described as "Barcelona's biggest problem" – the housing crisis that has seen residents and workers priced out of the market – by returning the 10,000 apartments currently listed as short-term rentals on Airbnb and other platforms into the housing market. "

bbc.com/travel/article/2024070

A couple walking under a banner reading "No tourist flats" in Barcelona (Credit: Getty Images)
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