The Generalitat begins joint work with Andalusia to strengthen control of the illegal supply of tourist homes

• The Minister of Tourism held a first meeting with the general director of Tourism of Andalusia, Francisco Montes Worboys, at the ITB Fair in Berlin.
• Nuria Montes has stressed the need to carry out a modification of the current regulations “that allows us to put a stop to this unfair competition that is so damaging to the regulated tourism sector.”

The Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Nuria Montes, has highlighted the implementation of joint work with Andalusia to try to strengthen control of the illegal supply of tourist homes in the Valencian Community. In this way, its intention is to take as a reference the new decree that the Andalusian Government has recently approved and which establishes that town councils may limit the maximum number of tourist homes.

Specifically, Montes has already had a first meeting with the general director of Tourism of the Junta de Andalucía, Francisco Montes Worboys, at the recent edition of the ITB fair in Berlin, where they shared their concern about this problem.

In this sense, he has stressed the need to carry out a modification of the current regulations "that allows us to put a stop to this unfair competition exercised by those who market their homes illegally and which is so detrimental to the regulated tourism sector", therefore that “we must share information, data and strategies with other communities like Andalusia to be able to unify regulations and combat this problem that affects us all.”

For this reason, the councilor plans to attend on Monday, March 18, a conference to be held in Seville on the 'New regulations for housing for tourist use in Andalusia' where, in addition to analyzing and transferring the various provisions that have been modified in regarding housing for tourist use, will have the participation of the Emeritus Magistrate of the Supreme Court, Rafael Valverde, who will explain the European and national jurisprudential framework in this matter.