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As popular vacation destinations continue their crackdown on overtourism, one major city has recently raised its traveler tax \u2014<\/a> making it one of the highest in Europe.<\/p>\n

The city of Barcelona, Spain, has nearly doubled its hotel guest tax, from $5-$9 to $10-$17 per person, per night \u2014 while holiday rentals rose from 12.5 euros per night, up from $7.24 to a maximum of $14.49, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n

The change follows overcrowding concerns from local residents<\/a> due to the high number of visitors and a shortage of affordable housing for native Spaniards.<\/p>\n

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Barcelona\u00a0citizens held a large protest last summer, even spraying tourists with water guns, as Fox News Digital previously reported.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators marched with signs saying, “One more tourist, one less resident,” and “Tourist Go Home.<\/a>” The demonstrators are demanding a reworking of their local economy.<\/p>\n

Andreu Mart\u00ednez of Spain humorously said at the time that the use of squirt guns was to annoy the tourists a bit.<\/p>\n

“Barcelona has been handed to the tourists,” said Mart\u00ednez. “This is a fight to give Barcelona back to its residents.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said\u00a0his rent<\/a>\u00a0had risen over 30%, with apartments in his neighborhood continually being rented out for short-term vacation use instead.<\/p>\n

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The regional parliament of Catalonia said it is planning to ban all short-term rental accommodation by 2028.<\/p>\n

Short-term rentals<\/a>\u00a0in Barcelona have been stagnant for years, remaining at around 10,000 since 2014, according to\u00a0figures from Barcelona\u2019s City Hall.<\/p>\n

Barcelona city data indicates around 850,000 homes exist in Barcelona, making the 10,000 or so short-term rentals a fraction of total housing.<\/p>\n

Italian nurse Irene Verrazzo, who traveled to the city, told Reuters that Barcelona was already very expensive. She said she would probably not visit again.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think this added expense is fair,” she told Reuters. “They already make money from tourists spending in shops, visiting their monuments, etc.”<\/p>\n

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Barcelona hotel owners<\/a> have expressed concern the tax rise\u00a0could deter too many tourists from visiting.<\/p>\n

Manel Casals, Barcelona’s hoteliers’ group general director, told Reuters that proposals to monitor the taxes’ impact and raise them gradually instead were ignored.<\/p>\n

“One day, they will kill the goose that lays the golden eggs,” said Casals.<\/p>\n

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Last year, 96.8 million people visited Spain \u2014 with nearly 94 million visiting in 2024, according to government data.<\/p>\n

Reuters contributed reporting.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/major-city-doubles-visitor-tax-become-one-highest-amid-overtourism-concerns <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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