Spain’s second-largest city has declared an all-out war against tourists as 10,000 short-term rentals look set to be reclaimed for housing. Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni said on Friday that the City of Counts would scrap the licences of the 10,101 apartments currently approved as short-term rentals by November 2028. Collboni said: “We are confronting what we believe is Barcelona’s largest problem. “Those 10,000 apartments will be used by the city’s residents or will go on the market for rent or sale.” In a follow-up statement, he added: “We want to guarantee the right to live in Barcelona and…