Seville, Malaga and Cádiz are some of the cities that demonstrated this Saturday to ask to stop what their neighbors call the “predatory tourism“, which, as they point out, particularly affects real estate prices, which have soared recently.
One of the people affected by the multiplication of tourist apartments It’s Jorge Fernández. This resident of Santa Justa, in the Seville capital, reports that the property in front of him – less than five meters away – is intended for tourist rental, so the inconvenience is constant. “The last thing we had was a hen party,” she says, where “four young girls” were staying. “party” with “music” and to this was added the constant “entrance and exit” of the apartment.
And, only in his neighborhood, “and70% of the ground floors have been converted into tourist apartments“The neighborhood is no longer so much a neighborhood, but rather a theme park for people who come and go quickly,” he laments.
But Santa Justa is not the only neighborhood where the situation is untenable, it is also takes place in the Santa Cruz district, in the heart of the city; where the few remaining residents coexist with mass tourism. One of the people concerned complains that the key to the building is “circulating” and that copies can be made without control. This has already caused ““They robbed an apartment”complaint.
As laSexta has seen, in recent years they have proliferated in the center of Seville and in neighborhoods like Triana. buildings whose floors were used solely for tourist purposes.
As a result of this, real estate prices have soared and her neighbors, like Raquel, were forced to share an apartment. In his case, he lives with two people and each pays more than 300 euros for their room. This situation forces them to leave their cities to settle in the outskirts and even in other surrounding communities, where housing is more affordable. “People who live in Seville have to leave,” laments one of the people concerned.
The city council has already approved a rule for limit these dwellings in already saturated areasin which, in theory, it will be very difficult to obtain a new license
