According to Reuters, the ban is the response of local authorities to the protests that the inhabitants of Malaga have been carrying out against the increase in short-term tourist accommodation, which has led to an increase in housing prices.

The ban will apply in 43 neighbourhoods of the city, in which more than 8% of homes are placed on the short-term tourist rental market, since, according to a study by local authorities, in the center of Málaga short-term tourist rentals duration represent 65% of total tourist accommodation.

In these 43 neighbourhoods in Málaga that will be subject to this restriction, which will be assessed every year, housing also has a higher price and the percentage of residents is lower than in other areas of the city.

These problems are not new in Malaga and in the past have even led the city's mayor, Francisco De la Torre, to write a letter to the Spanish Minister of Tourism, requesting permission to adopt a new tax on overnight stays in holiday homes. , with the exception of hotels, whose funds would be used to subsidize solidarity rents.

On October 18, Francisco De la Torre returned to the topic and revealed that Málaga currently has 14 thousand beds in hotels and 40 thousand in short-term tourist accommodation units.

It is worth remembering that Málaga is not the first Spanish city to move towards banning new registrations of short-term tourist accommodations, as Barcelona has also adopted the same measure and will, little by little, eliminate local accommodations by 2028.