Banners reading "No tourist flats" hang from a balcony to protest against holiday rental apartments for tourists in Barcelona. Photo: AFP
Barcelona, one of Europe's most visited cities, said Friday it aims to ban apartment rentals to tourists by 2029 to ease the housing shortage in Spain's second-largest city.The licences for the 10,101 apartments currently approved as short-term rentals which are available on platforms such as Airbnb and Homeaway will not be renewed when they expire...