Altea City Council launches the participatory process of studying the impact of tourist homes

The workshop open to citizens will be on Tuesday, May 7 at 6:00 p.m. at the Casa de Cultura.

On January 4, the plenary session of the Altea City Council approved the suspension of the granting of urban compatibility reports for tourist homes. It has done so for a period of one year and with the intention of diagnosing, studying and participating with the public to order and regulate tourist accommodation in Altea. He remembers the edil of Urbanism, Jose Orozco.

In the words of Orozco, "we already have more than 2,200 homes with these characteristics and letting it be done, involves some risks that are quite obvious. It can be seen how tourist flats generate important benefits for the companies in the sector and for the owners, although at the same time, their lack of regulation can cause problems for coexistence. The excessive rise in the price of rent and housing, affecting the younger population that wishes to access it, the concentration of waste, or gentrification in tourist areas such as the old town is a concern."

In response to all these concerns, Altea City Council has selected the company GEOINNOVA to carry out the study, the regulation proposal and the participatory process, since the City Council considers it essential to have the opinion of all people , associations and companies involved, or that are affected by the social, economic and environmental impact in all these matters. Jose Orozco reports.

The participation of the tourism sector, residents, departments with management capacity of the City Council itself, the participation councils and political groups of the Municipal Corporation, as well as other administrations with competences in the matter, will be counted on. He added the mayor, who indicates that "all these actors will be part of the diagnostic workshops for the perception of problems, needs and expectations".

In a first stage, two workshops will be held aimed at the sector, such as Tourist Housing Management Companies (EGVUT), hospitality and commerce, among others. In a second period, three workshops aimed at citizens will take place, highlighting the workshop open to all citizens on May 7. The workshops will be held in the Library Room of the House of Culture in Altea.

In addition to the aforementioned workshop open to the public, the website (Click Here) will reflect the problem and the objectives; because the study of tourist accommodation is necessary; execution phases of the study; participation in the study; phases of the participatory process; Fieldwork and methods of participation; How can you participate?; When and where can you participate?; data from the Virtual Consultation Office; link to download informative documents such as the process guide; the information brochure with the methods of participation, days, times and places; the form to be downloaded and, if applicable, printed by the interested party or another person, which can be delivered by hand to the indicated place and access to the Web Form for direct participation of citizens, always indicating the procedure to be applied with respect to the regulations on data protection.