Spain's party island Ibiza also suffers housing crunch as rents soar


  • World
  • Monday, 18 Aug 2025

Richard, 35, a housing construction worker, stands inside his shack, where their family lives at a makeshift settlement "Can Rova 2", where workers with their families live due to a severe housing crisis that many locals blame on overtourism in Ibiza, Spain June 11, 2025. Residents and seasonal workers of Spanish island of Ibiza face a housing crisis, intensified by a post-pandemic visitor boom that has priced out many people, forcing them to share flats or stay in tents and motorhomes in unauthorized encampments. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

SANT ANTONI DE PORTMANY, Spain (Reuters) -It's another night, another party at a hotel in Ibiza. The international clientele dances to the house beat while laser lights reflect on the curvy swimming pool and on a sea of sunglasses worn after dark at the open-air venue.

Many party-goers wear all-white; some show signs of altered perception. Ask those queuing outside this place and some of the Spanish Mediterranean island's legendary nightclubs and they'll say they're spending a lot but the experience is worth it.

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