Date Published: 16/11/2022
ARCHIVED - Malaga to copy London by limiting short-term tourist apartment rentals
In the British capital, apartments can be rented to holidaymakers for a maximum of 90 days
In a bid to control the number of holidaymakers saturating the rental market in Malaga, the city council has asked the regional government to look towards the London model of limiting the amount of time apartments can be occupied in the short term. An influx of tourists to the Costa del Sol this year has pushed up rental prices dramatically and there is very little accommodation available on the market.
The British capital has one of the toughest long-term rental markets in the world and as a result, registered landlords are only allowed to let their apartments to holidaymakers for a maximum of 90 days. During the rest of the year, the properties must be available for a longer term of at least three months.
Malaga’s Councillor for Tourism, Jacobo Florido, believes the London model could work in the city, but should only be applied to new accommodation licences, not affecting the more than 6,000 flats and houses that are already being rented to tourists.
Facing a wave of backlash, Florido hastily agreed to study other solutions applied in different countries and cities.
"Malaga is not London and the problems are different," Carlos Pérez-Lanzac, president of the Association of Tourist Housing of Andalusia (AVVAPro), said this week.
"You have to take into account that Malaga is already the third destination on the peninsula after Madrid and Barcelona, supported in large part by the offer of accommodation in tourist properties".
As another possible option, the mayor of Malaga has set his sights on attracting higher quality tourism to the city by increasing the number of four and five star hotels available.
Echoing statements made by the Balearic Islands’ government before the summer season, the mayor has insisted that he doesn’t “want more tourist homes in Malaga, we are going to see how we can regulate it, but it can always be reversed."
"We do not want to grow in the number of tourists, but in their quality," he added.
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