Negotiations between Madrid and the autonomous communities have entered a tense phase over revenue-sharing and infrastructure funding.
Coastal municipalities report a 14% rise in visitor numbers, yet hoteliers and restaurateurs sound alarms about unsustainable pressure.
A quiet demographic shift is underway in rural Castile and Aragon, where broadband investment has attracted urban professionals.
Reservoir levels in Andalusia and Murcia have dropped to their lowest point in fifteen years, forcing municipalities to impose usage limits.
Dance academies in Seville and Jerez are seeing unprecedented demand from students arriving from Japan, South Korea and the United States.