Protesters held banners reading ‘refugees welcome, tourists go home’ and ‘No Airbnb’, as they took to the streets of the southeastern city.
About 1,000 protesters joined the demonstration organised by the group Alicante ¿a donde vás? (Alicante Where Are You Going?).
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against mass tourism in Alicante, Spain, on July 25, 2025. (Image: Reuters/Eva Manez)A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Greed breaks the neighbourhood” during a protest against mass tourism in Alicante, Spain on July 25, 2025. (Image: Reuters/Eva Manez)
Alicante council last week imposed a freeze on licenses for buildings which are dedicated entirely to tourist flats.
“This trend is turning Alicante into a theme park for drunken tourism and leaving the neighbourhood’s residents without their spaces in the city.”
“When holidaymakers come to party in a tourist flat which is next to a family residence, it can cause disturbance.”
Demonstrators hold placards as they protest against mass tourism in Alicante on July 25, 2025 (Image: Reuters/Eva Manez)Jordi Arnes Fernandez, another organiser of the demonstration, said: “I must stress we are not against tourism, only against mass tourism which is changing the character of the city and pushing up the price of flats for local people.”
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The demonstration in Alicante was just the latest in a series of protests across Spain this year against what activists call the ‘touristication’ of their cities.
Spain’s government has ordered Airbnb to close nearly 66,000 tourist flats, claiming they are contravening regulations.
Jaime Rodriguez de Santiago, head of Airbnb for Iberia, said in June that restrictions on tourist flats in Barcelona scapegoated short lets, which he said could help redistribute visitor flows to less crowded parts of the city.
Barcelona’s mayor Jaume Collboni has promised to close the city’s 10,000 tourist flats by 2028.
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