Barcelona will eliminate ALL tourist apartments in 2028 following local backlash: 10,000-plus licences will expire in huge blow for platforms like Airbnb

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You're completely correct on the exposed demand issue. I would also add that in most cities (in the United States anyway) hotels can only exist in very specific corners of the city due to zoning, often in just three places: downtown (expensive!), the suburbs (so not even in city limits), and "motel alley" (which is usually an old highway in askeevy part of town lined with mid-20th century fleabag accommodations that are slowly being abandoned/bulldozed). For some cities this isn't an issue, but in others it's a problem for accessing the tourist attractions, especially if the tourists in question don't have a rental car. Then there are the non-tourist visitors to consider: if you're in a city to visit family, you're probably going to want to stay as close to them as possible. Same with a lot of business travelers. This is a bit of a conundrum when the nearest hotel (or affordable/decent hotel) is a 30 minute drive away.

It's called an extended-stay hotel, they exist but unfortunately they're not that common.

I haven't had any issue finding those amenities in hotels in Europe (at least in Berlin, Munich, Madrid, and Málaga, which is not an exhaustive study by any means). I've seen a few that look to be entire small apartment buildings converted into hotels, which isn't great for the local housing market, but all the ones I've stayed at were clearly built for that purpose. So that's the good news, I guess.

these are thing... there are hotels like that its not the most common but its not rare either.

I can understand that locals are revolting around the world. The amount of tourism exploded in the last decades. The way tourists are behaving all around doesn't help.

Barcelona is a diverse economic engine; it’s not a tourism monocrop town. It doesn’t need your patronage.

It's like the Holy Roman Empire. It's not an airline, nor is it a bed and breakfast.

AirBNB is legit more expensive than hotels now for far worse service. It's a get rich quick scheme.

I think it can benefit in certain situations. Like when we traveled to a European country we stayed in an AirBnB that was being rented out while the family who lived there was in summer vacation. So they essentially got to subsidize their vacation with Airbnb.

As far as units that are permanently Airbnb style short term rentals though I agree. Terrible for the actual residents in the city.

It's the second largest city in spain. I think they will be fine with a reduction in tourism.

most places in the world require that you have a license for tourist renting. In theory, they inspect each unit before giving the license, to make sure it is safe. And in theory airbnb requires that license before allowing you to list on their site. If you don't have the license, you get fined, same as if you opened a store without stablishing a formal company

I had a good time in an Airbnb years ago, too, but it's gotten more expensive over time. It's not even that much cheaper than hotels now whenever I check.

And we have to admit that while they serve tourists like us, it's costing locals their chance to get housing when landlords are buying up units and houses and saving them all to rent out on Airbnb.