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Holiday-loving Brits have begun to panic about an imprecisely-named “tourism ban” in Spain, which is the UK ... Many Airbnbs, hotels, and other tourist accommodation will remain as-is.

Spain has introduced new regulations that could ... four or five apartments as short-term rentals pay less tax than hotels or workers. “The government’s duty is to prioritise residential ...

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"I am afraid," said the talkative 63-year-old on Lenin Avenue in Gomel, a town of half a million near where the borders of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia meet. "I want peace," the former electrician ...

“The near-death stuff turbo-fueled all that,” he said. “It made me go, ‘Oh, right, yeah, I could die at any moment.’ I was throwing myself out of planes, taking all sorts of risks.” ...

and they may have also been lured to Spain by a strong dollar: The euro has weakened against the greenback in the past two years and now stands at near-parity. US airlines have taken note.

By Sophie Stuber After a deadly fire swept through a ski lodge in Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 79 people, multiple surviving guests and hotel workers said that they did not hear fire alarms ...