The Spanish government has said that Airbnb must remove over 60,000 listings, saying they breach tourism rules.
This comes after protests over over-tourism have already begun in Spain ahead of the summer tourist season.
The announcement by the Spanish government came after a Madrid court said that Airbnb must remove nearly 5,000 listings.
The government said that the listings did not meet certain requirements, such as having a licence number, an erroneous number, or did not clarify if the property was being rented by a private individual or by a letting company.
Pablo Bustinduy, the minister for social rights and consumer affairs, said the ruling was “a clear victory for those who fight to protect the right to housing”.
He went on to say: “it can be possible to ensure that no economic interest has priority over housing and that no company, however big or powerful, is above the law”.
Overtourism is becoming a problem in much of the world, with locals often being priced out of towns where their families have lived for generations because of rapid property price increases because of tourists.