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- Barcelona is the latest global city to effectively ban short-term rentals, including Airbnb.
- City officials feel restricting tourist rentals helps keep housing affordable for local residents.
- Lisbon, Florence, and Amsterdam have levied Airbnb bans that experts said could be working.
In July, thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Barcelona to protest overtourism. Protesters squirted water from toy guns at visitors sitting at sidewalk cafés.