- The City Hall of Donostia-San Sebastian has definitively approved the Special Plan of Garibai Street in the Guipuzkoan capital. Thus, in building number 23 tourist homes will be opened from the first to the sixth floor. The ground floor and the basement will maintain its tertiary use.
Eh Bildu has been critical of the decision: “Prior to today’s approval of this new hotel, the municipal government announced that it was committed to curbing the expansion of hotels because there is no more public interest in granting new licenses.” Yesterday's municipal commissions talked about hotels in response to an inquiry by EH Bildu. Urban councillor Nekane Arzallus said that the proposals for the installation of new hotels are being rejected, as the City Hall considers that there is a sufficient number of accommodation in the city.
They have added that EH Bildu’s proposals to “limit” hotel proliferation have been rejected by the municipal government. “The excuse is always the same: that the government can do nothing and has hands tied.”