Boat rentals: The alternative tourism trend that’s taking over Spain
Spanish tourism is booming. According to its National Institute of Statistics, April saw a record 7.8 million visitors enter the country, which received 24 million travellers overall in the first quarter of 2024, up 18 per cent from the previous year. Inevitably, this influx of visitors has had an impact on prices - and local feelings \- with the average hotel room price surging 12 per cent to €135 a night. Which might explain why there’s also been an increase in a seafaring alternative. The ‘Airbnbs of the seas’A number of boat rental platforms haveset sail in the past decade, where private o...