Other southern European tourist destinations protesting at too many tourists and too expensive local rentals include Lisbon, Venice and Barcelona.

From Euronews, the Valencia region in Spain is to impose fines of up to €600,000 on unlicensed and black-market short-term rentals and Airbnb-style apartments. This is in an attempt to stop overtourism in the area, which has also been putting added pressure on local public facilities and driving rental prices up in key European tourist destinations.

Nuria Montes, a Valencia tourism official said regarding these black-market rentals, as reported by Financial Times: "We cannot allow any kind of underground economy in accommodation. They escape any type of control. Obviously, they don't pay taxes. We don't know whether the owners are fulfilling their obligations to their workers.

Currently, Valencia requires short-term rental owners to have a Valencian Tourism Registry tourist licence. They need to submit key information such as property details, the intended use of the property, compliance with quality and safety standards and owner details in order to get this licence.