When you look to buy your dream overseas home it should predominantly be for you to use as a second home by you and your family and possibly your friends. if you are looking to rent it out commercially then the rental income isn’t considered when looking at affordability and you need to make sure you do it legally or you could get a costly fine.
A new tourism law pushed by the government of the southern Spanish region proposes hefty new sanctions for illegal tourist accommodation as part of wider sectoral reforms.
The Andalusian government is set to sanction illegal tourist accommodation in the region with fines of up to €600,000.
This comes amid a tightening of rules as part of new tourism regulations being pushed by the regional government.
With the approval of a draft Sustainable Tourism law in the southern region, the authorities will increase penalties for infractions and include, for the first time, unregistered tourist flats and accommodation within the sanction’s regime.
The new legal framework will replace the previous law, in force since 2012. Fines for serious infringements have been increased from a maximum of €18,000 to a range between €10,000 – €100,000, while fines for very serious offences will now stretch to €600,000, compared to just €100,000 under previous rules.
This tightening makes Andalusia one of Spain’s regions with the greatest control over the tourism sector, an industry crucial to the economy and a sector that sustains the employment of almost half a million people in Andalusia. As part of the proposals, an Observatory for Local Tourism Sustainability will be created to oversee the sector.
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