Spain’s southern Valencia region is joining a growing number of governments cracking down on Airbnb-style holiday rentals in response to a rising backlash against mass tourism.
The regional government, which oversees beach hotspots including Benidorm and Alicante, is seeking to stamp out black-market rentals by threatening rule-breaking landlords with fines of up to €600,000.
Nuria Montes, Valencia’s top tourism official, told the Financial Times that holiday apartments had an important role in the regional economy but “we want to regulate and bring order to them so they don’t grow in an uncontrolled way”.
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