Overview

• Booking.com removed 4,093 listings lacking valid registration or management confirmation, representing less than 2% of its 200,000 Spanish properties.
• Most de-listed ads were in the Canary Islands with additional removals in Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Navarra, La Rioja and Castilla-La Mancha.
• Consumer Rights Minister Pablo Bustinduy hailed the move as a key step to cool housing shortages driven by unregulated holiday lets.
• The action follows a High Court ruling that backed Spain’s order for Airbnb to delist more than 65,000 noncompliant adverts nationwide.
• Jet2 CEO Steve Heapy warned that perceptions of anti-tourism measures are prompting some visitors to question whether they are welcome.