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Short-term rentals under fire as Cape Town grapples with overtourism

Short-term rentals under fire as Cape Town grapples with overtourism
France 24 Wednesday 10 June 2026, 14:04 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Short-term rentals under fire as Cape Town grapples with overtourism Issued on: Modified: Share Similar to places like Barcelona and San Francisco, an African city is carrying the weight of its own popularity: Cape Town, where an increasing amount of housing is reserved for tourists. A new by-law could allow the city to charge special rates for property owners who rent out their homes for commercial purposes.
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