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BRITS are still significant foreign the most buyers in Spain’s property sector. Despite Brexit being able to visitand only local counterparts. out of six months, for three Homes bought by foreigners By Walter Finch per month, look for make up 15.5% of they still are on average 27% expensive homes the most Andalucia rank at 16.4% mortgage applications.foreign expensive than those more around €250,000. averaging property purchases each. of national average. The Irish manage to bought Only the Germans by Spaniards. snap The close, making up come more property (5.5%) up The report by web portal The study discovered the lights report further high- Interestingly, place with 14.1% in second both Belgians (4.5%) than Idealista notes that the Costa average mortgage appli- cial the disparity in finan- commitment the financial and Blanca and 2023. firepower between cant was 41 years of internationSwedes (2.7%). Swiss applicants account wider old with for- al buyers is relatively for The Swiss and Community is byValencian household income of €5,900a eign and local buyers. 9% of the market, Americans far On average, they modest. Americans, most Foreign applicants whose average household finance popular location the per month. boast in- 61% of (8.9%) and the French for The average comes their purchase and in(7.8%). comes are purchase is a Spanishnearly 85% above the they prefer €9,527 and €9,097 property purchases at 27%. property fixed-rate average, aiming for Remarkably, Catalunya of €213,000, notagages, which accountmortand bly 20% higher properties that far for than Spain’s the exceed nearly 70% financial reach of their tions in 2023.of the transac-
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‘GUIRIS GO HOME!’ Offensive messages appear in Malaga as fed-up bar owner launches anti-tourism campaign THE anti-tourism movement has landed on the Costa del Sol with stickers plastered on buildings telling holidaymakers and ‘guiris’ to ‘go f*****g home’. The incendiary messages were spotted all around Malaga city this week and follow a wave of anti-tourism protests in Barcelona, Sevilla, Tenerife and Mallorca. Locals are blaming the industry for pushing up rental prices and
Leading the way THREE Andalucian cities have been named amongst the top 10 places in Spain to celebrate Easter. Sevilla, Granada and Malaga were featured in the ranking by travel magazine National Geographic. Zamora claimed the top spot, followed by Zaragoza in second place and Sevilla in third. Despite taking third place, Sevilla has ‘the most exciting processions’ in the whole of Spain. Malaga was recognised for its abnormal size while Granada is known for the bonfires lit in the cave houses of Sacromonte. See Passion and Penance page 12
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causing pollution. The movement in Malaga is allegedly being spearheaded by Daniel Romero, who was kicked out of his home of 10 years as it was being turned into a tourist rental. The owner of the Drunk-o-Rama bar is now selling a series of offensive anti-tourism stickers. He has been joined by other grassroots groups, including the ‘Guiris go home’ movement. Guiri can be an offensive term for an expat or foreigner, depending on the context.
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CRUDE: Anti-tourism stickers have been put over Apartamento Turistica signs
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The crude stickers have also been seen on car park machines, outside Airbnbs and on beach walkways. Meanwhile other stickers have been created that are a play on the phrase AT - Apartamento Turistica. The blue square containing the ‘AT’ logo was changed to include many rude phrases including ‘whore’ and ‘arse’. One reads: ‘AT - Antes de todo, eso era el centro’ (before everything, this was the centre). Another says: ‘AT - Antes una familia vivia aqui’, meaning ‘before, a family lived here.’ The rudest read: ‘AT - A tu puta casa (go to your f*****g home)’ and ‘AT - A tomar por culo de aqui’, which more or less means ‘get the f**k out of here.’ The most poignant states simply: “AT Antes esa era
RUDE: Daniel Romero makes his feelings about tourism known, while graffitti spells out the message mi casa (before, this was my home)’. PSOE politician Dani Perez took a photo of one placed next to four padlocked boxes that hold Airbnb keys. He wrote on X: “You walk the streets of Málaga and it is practically impossible to find a residential building that does not have a lock and password.” And he went on to accuse the mayor of ‘not lifting a finger for the people of Malaga’ and ‘expelling them from the city where they were born’. The Drunk-o-Rama bar, in Malaga, showed its followers on Instagram how to order the offensive stickers. The Olive Press has contacted Daniel Romero for comment. See Tourism wars and Opinion on page 6
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