There are about 70,000 homes with vacation licenses on the islands, but according to ISTAC, only 46,000 are being rented.
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The association of vacation home owners has once again criticized the single registry imposed by the national government’s royal decree, which comes into effect tomorrow, July 1, as illegal. First, they consider it illegal because a legal registry already exists, namely that of the Canary Islands Government, which has transferred tourism powers to the Canary Islands.
Javier Martín, manager of Ascav, asserts that “it not only violates European regulations by requiring double registration, which is illegal, but it also violates the voluntary nature of registration,” he points out.
ASCAV also points to another problem: the individual criteria of each registrar. “Many registrars have arbitrary judgments, assuming responsibilities in urban planning matters that they shouldn’t, or interpreting requirements that belong to other administrations.”
Javier Martín doubts that platforms like Booking and Arbnb will lose 75 percent of their customers for not having this unique registration. “I doubt the platforms will remove three-quarters of their listings and lose their offerings due to a requirement that is clearly illegal.”
Currently, according to the Canary Islands tourism registry, there are approximately 70,000 homes with vacation licenses, but of these, according to ISTAC, only 46,000 are being rented, the vast majority as a result of the pull effect of the single registry and the Canary Islands vacation law.
