A popular holiday destination with UK tourists has announced new rules to improve harmony between holidaymakers and locals. A plan has been drawn up in Torremolinos in Spain to tackle growing housing problems. The new strategy is aimed at holiday regulations and will be implemented 'progressively' in the coming months.
One of the main aims is to 'allow the compatibility of residential use with tourist use in the same property' or group of properties, reports Spanish news site Sur in English - however, the rules will be different for properties with shared spaces or services like swimming pools. Under the new rules, tourists will not be allowed to stay in a house or flat if it does not have a separate entrance to full-time residents who share the building. In rentals where it's not possible to separately quantify expenses like electricity and water, tourists will not be permitted to stay there.
Read more: UK tourists visiting Spain beaches warned about 'six metre' rule with £2,500 fines Additionally, guests won't be able to use the communal swimming pool in a residential complex. The plan also mentions the potential to set a limit on the density of tourist housing in areas where there is a lack of residential properties. The move follows a series of public protests against overtourism in other parts of Spain.
On Friday, demonstrators in Palma dressed as tourists in a stand against gentrification and a lack of housing and earlier this month, holidaymakers in Barcelona were spr.