Restricting apartments is politically straightforward. Restricting visitors is not. That asymmetry explains the entire policy response.
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Aena: The Listed Company That Runs an Entire Country’s Airports
A regulated monopoly across a whole country, majority-owned by the state, listed on the market, and required to keep unprofitable airports open.
Spain’s Hotel Groups: From Mallorca to Four Continents
Island families building hotels for northern European tour operators, who escaped that dependence by going to the Caribbean and never stopped.
IAG: How Iberia Became the Group’s Best Airline
For most of the group’s history British Airways was the profit engine and Iberia the problem. In 2025 that reversed.
97 Million Visitors and Protests in the Streets: Spanish Tourism in 2025
Spending grew at double the rate of arrivals, exactly as policy intended. The protests continued anyway, because the costs and benefits land on different people.