The consumer rights ministry said that many of the 65,935 Airbnb listings it had ordered to be withdrawn did not include their license number or specify whether the owner was an individual or a company.

Airbnb has been told to block more than 65,000 holiday listings in Spain after they were found to have broken rules.

Many argue that the expansion of tourist rentals through platforms like Airbnb has exacerbated the housing affordability crisis