16,000+ Holiday Rentals In Malaga Struck Off Sites Like Airbnb By Spanish Government

The Spanish authorities has identified 16,740 forbidden tourer rentals successful Andalucia and has ordered online platforms to region their advertisements. 

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced nan news while successful Malaga connected Sunday, September 14. The rental accommodations, which applied for mandatory registration connected July 1 but grounded to meet ineligible requirements, are affected by portion of a broader nationwide effort to regulate short-term rentals.

In total, complete 53,000 non-compliant tourer apartments will beryllium removed from nan marketplace crossed Spain. Andalucia tops nan database pinch 16,740 unregistered listings, followed by nan Canary Islands (8,698) and Catalonia (7,729). In Andalucia, Malaga state accounts for nan highest number of forbidden rentals astatine 8,014, followed by Cadiz (2,849) and Seville (2,533). The councils pinch nan astir rejected listings see Sevilla (2,289), Marbella (1,802), Malaga (1,471), Benalmadena (926), and Fuengirola (686).

Spain has go nan first European state to instrumentality a Unified Temporary Accommodation Registry successful collaboration pinch nan College of Registrars to combat fraud successful nan short-term rental market, according to nan Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda (MIVAU). Through a integer one-stop-shop webpage, nan registry cross-references information pinch advertizing platforms, specified arsenic Airbnb, which are cooperating to place unregistered listings.

Since its motorboat connected January 1, nan registry has processed 336,497 applications, pinch 264,998 (78.75 per cent) for tourer rentals. Of these, 53,786 (20.3 per cent) person been revoked for non-compliance. Most notably, nan Madrid region stands retired most, pinch 83 per cent of its 3,513 registration requests classified arsenic impermanent rentals alternatively than tourer accommodations, and complete a 3rd of its tourer rental applications revoked for failing to meet ineligible standards.

Concern is now pinch mini towns and villages successful nan region wherever nan section system depends connected tourism, but wherever location are fewer options for vacation accommodation.