The next plenary session in Javea will debate and vote on the extension of the moratorium on the granting of tourist licenses in the municipality, thus extending the suspension for a further six months.
This measure, which limits the growth of the tourist rental housing market in the town, was motivated by the need to continue gathering information and working on a more detailed report on the current status of tourist rental housing.
Six months ago, when the licenses were suspended, a working committee was created with representatives from all tourism sectors and political parties to contribute proposals and suggestions to the study that was to be conducted to determine what control measures to implement.
After working on the study and submitting the report with its conclusions, the responsible department indicates that it has decided to continue with the suspension of tourist licenses “because we do not yet have a clear position on how to implement specific restriction or prohibition measures; we need justification for the decisions we intend to make.” To this end, the six-month extension will allow for continued information gathering and evaluation of the effectiveness of some previous measures.
According to municipal sources, between 500 and 600 tourist licenses have been cancelled so far during the past six months suspension, although Javea still has more than 5.000 legal tourist homes.
Previously reported in Septermber 2024
The full story can be read at: JAVEA.COM
