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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nacho Doce and David Latona

Ibiza bar workers are living in tents as island hit by overtourism and rent crisis

Beneath the laser lights and pulsating beats of Ibiza's world-renowned party scene lies a stark reality: a deepening housing crisis forcing many locals and seasonal workers into desperate living conditions.

While international revellers spend lavishly on an experience they deem 'worth it', the island's housing crunch means residents are sharing cramped apartments, commuting from the mainland, or resorting to unauthorised encampments in tents and motorhomes.

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