Canary Islands. Great place, but the mass tourism is actually killing them, provoking skyrocketing rent and shortages of power and water.
how is rent related to tourism?
I assume because demand outstrips supply, the “value” of the rental units is inflated and landlords can charge more, pricing out locals
Think about it for a second, no, half a second and see if anything occurs to you.
Airbnbs/rentals drive up the cost of housing.
They should just make short renting of apartments illegal.
Indeed. My girlfriend lives there, last time I was over we went to the big demonstration against mass tourism. I felt a bit sick at the airport listening to all the north European pensioners talking about how they rent a place year round for 800€/month just to spend the odd week now and then there. While many locals working in tourism make minimum wage, around 1300€/month I believe.
Hey that’s exactly what my rent / wage split was in the UK last year. The only reason anything got better is that minimum wage went up while my rent hasn’t yet.
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