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Date Published: 25/06/2024

This is the Andalucia city with the most tourist apartments per person, and it is not Malaga...

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Overtourism due to an excess of AirBnbs is a problem that is plaguing many Spanish cities

This is the Andalucia city with the most tourist apartments per person, and it is not Malaga...

The proliferation of tourist rental apartments in Spain over the last 10 years has put pressure on the long-term rental housing market and has led to charges of tourist overcrowding from some local communities around the country.

In Barcelona, they have vowed to stamp out tourist lets such as AirBnb by the end of the decade, while the Balearic Islands and Canary Islands are currently studying measures to ensure tourism is kept sustainable.

In the south of mainland Spain, Andalucía cities such as Seville and Málaga are also trying to balance their important tourist industries with the needs of local residents, though for now both have resisted implementing a tourist tax.

See also: What is the tourist tax, how much is it and where in Spain do you have to pay it?

But it is neither Málaga nor Seville that is the Andalusian provincial capital city with the most tourist homes per inhabitant, nor even Córdoba or Granada.

It may come as a surprise to know that Cádiz is in the top spot, with 21 short-term tourist rental apartments per 1,000 people.

This is according to a new study carried out by newly formed citizens’ rights platform Cádiz Resiste, based on data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

In comparison, Málaga city has 19 tourist apartment per 1,000 people, while Granada has 14.

Of course, these data do not include those rental properties that are not properly registered as such and operate outside the law.

Of all the 1,500 tourist apartments in Cádiz, it has emerged that 10% are managed by limited companies; 6% by foreigners resident in Spain; and 82% directly by private Spanish individuals.

Related: Cádiz City Sightseeing tourist hop-on hop-off bus tours

In addition to these AirBnb-style holiday let properties, there are 48 hotels in Cádiz city with 3,800 beds and 46 blocks of tourist flats with capacity for 1,500 people. Every day, then, more than 15,000 tourists could spend the night in Cádiz, not counting those who sleep on the enormous cruise ships that dock in the port.

In order to put an end to what they see as a model of real estate speculation that prevents the exercise of the right of access to residential housing, Cádiz Resiste is calling for a moratorium to halt the granting of new licences for tourist flats.

As well as this, they are demanding an increase in the waste collection and property tax, and a real prosecution of properties where illegal activity is being practised.

The platform has called for a public demonstration on Saturday June 29 at 12 noon, in the Plaza del Palillero to force public administrations to take action on the matter.

You might also like to read: Beaches you absolutely have to visit in Cádiz city

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