Portugal takes the lead in the fight against tourist accommodation

10-08-23

"It is important the model and the quality. New city models are emerging, and we have to see if this is the city model we want. A city that does not offer quality is not going to attract quality tourism, which is what brings us the most. 

This is an issue that Madrid has time to resolve with an agreement within the Madrid administration itself on the city model we want. There are many cities, such as Amsterdam or Venice, that are dying of success. We must not allow the model of life that exists in Madrid to be lost", said Gabriel Alonso, president of the Madrid Hotel Business Association, on the enormous growth in the number of tourist homes in cities, at the 1st Madrid City Tourism Forum, held in the Spanish capital at the end of March 2023. 

The meeting, which was also attended by the mayor of the Spanish capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, discussed in depth this situation, which is dividing the city's tourism industry, mainly around the need for regulation of this modern accommodation offer. "Of course there is a problem with tourist accommodation," said Almeida, who also stressed the need for progress in regulation.