Ibizan 825 eissue 05 May 16

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App Attack New computer application to combat illegal tourist rentals

Ibiza Consell is adopting a new technology approach to tackle what it describes as the ‘overwhelming illegal supply of tourist holiday accommodation’. Vicent Torres, Director of Tourism said this week, “the programme will be operational in about 10 days”. The programme claims to keep track of all properties on the internet being offered for summer rental, detecting those that are not legal and where the characteristics do not correspond to the usual urban leases. The network is serving as a platform for dozens of webpages for which these types of accommodation are offered. The island Consell have spent what appears to be a very modest 3000€ on the specialist programme. In addition to illegal holiday homes, the app also claims to be able to identify (Continued on page 2)


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Ibizan 825 eissue 05 May 16 by The Ibizan, the all new Ibiza Sun newspaper. - Issuu