Post by account_disabled on Dec 28, 2023 4:42:10 GMT
Since the pandemic began, our country's tourism sector has been -without a doubt- one of the hardest hit by the health and economic crisis . And tourism is the sector that contributes the most wealth to the Spanish economy. According to the business association World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), in 2019, tourism became the number 1 sector of the national economy with a contribution of 176,000 million euros annually (14.6% of GDP) and 2.8 millions of jobs. These data show the disaster that this pandemic brings in Spain. Airbnb, a vacation rental platform, is one of the companies that has felt firsthand the slap that the coronavirus has had on tourism.
Millions of tourists who have not arrived in our cities in recent months and empty hotels, apartments and rental houses because of it. Furthermore , Barcelona City Council is especially restrictive with this type Phone Number List of platforms which, in the words of the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, violate the law in addition to "covering up mafia practices." The truth is that the activity of this and other related companies has always been under scrutiny due to the alleged bad practices of the 'hosts', as well as the damage that this type of activity can do to the rental market and the abusive prices suffered by the large cities by converting the apartments into solely and exclusively vacation homes. It is not surprising, then, that some public institutions have decided to limit the activity of platforms like this.
However, the truth is that it is a time when restrictions do even more damage to tourism companies, whatever their activity. Now, Barcelona City Council is prohibiting the rental of rooms for less than a month to put an end to this type of tourist accommodation. In the words of the council itself, this decision has been reached because it is impossible to control this type of rental. Added to this is that the Deputy Mayor of Urban Planning of Barcelona , Janet Sanz, has clarified to the company and to this type of vacation rental platforms that they must suppress their advertising as "it will be an illegal activity."
Millions of tourists who have not arrived in our cities in recent months and empty hotels, apartments and rental houses because of it. Furthermore , Barcelona City Council is especially restrictive with this type Phone Number List of platforms which, in the words of the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, violate the law in addition to "covering up mafia practices." The truth is that the activity of this and other related companies has always been under scrutiny due to the alleged bad practices of the 'hosts', as well as the damage that this type of activity can do to the rental market and the abusive prices suffered by the large cities by converting the apartments into solely and exclusively vacation homes. It is not surprising, then, that some public institutions have decided to limit the activity of platforms like this.
However, the truth is that it is a time when restrictions do even more damage to tourism companies, whatever their activity. Now, Barcelona City Council is prohibiting the rental of rooms for less than a month to put an end to this type of tourist accommodation. In the words of the council itself, this decision has been reached because it is impossible to control this type of rental. Added to this is that the Deputy Mayor of Urban Planning of Barcelona , Janet Sanz, has clarified to the company and to this type of vacation rental platforms that they must suppress their advertising as "it will be an illegal activity."