MORE than 86,000 holiday rentals have been removed from a region in Spain as the crackdown continues.
Last year, the Spanish government said they would suspending licenses for accommodation that breaches regulation rules.
This includes not having an official license number, or no information on the owner.
The region of Andalucia has since taken down 13,037 holiday listings following these new rules, local media reports.
Nearly 5,000 of these affect the province of Malaga, which saw the highest number of removals.
The region of Valencia has removed another 14,387, followed by the Canaries (13,726) and Catalonia (13,350)
Last year, Catalonia removed more than 9,000 Airbnbs from being listed.
This affected cities such as Barcelona, Reus and Tarragona.
And Madrid said that another 5,000 rentals also breached the regulations and were removed.
Despite this, it is thought there are still thousands of properties that are breaking the rules.
Another 53,000 properties could be removed from private property companies, and go back on the rental market.
Until then, Brits are still able to book a holiday rental but should check if they follow the guidelines.
Otherwise hotels and resorts are unaffected by the rules.
The Sun’s Head of Travel Lisa Minot explained it could have a “big impact on Brits looking to book a holiday rental this summer“.
She added: “If you have booked a short term rental via Airbnb or any other booking service like Booking.com this summer, then the first thing you should do is check the rental has been registered correctly. It should be clearly displayed on the listing.”
It’s also not the only tourist crackdown in Spain.
Malaga is banning any new holiday rentals for the next three years.
Barcelona announced a full ban in holiday apartments by November 2028.
And Seville now only allows 10 per cent of homes in each neighbourhood to be Airbnbs.
