Denia Limits Tourist Rentals With New Regulations

A connection to widen nan existent frost connected tourer rental licences for different twelvemonth successful nan cardinal area of Denia was brought to nan ballot during nan town’s regular assembly convention connected Thursday July 31, 2025. The measure, which was antecedently announced by nan councillor for Territory, Maria Josep Ripoll, seeks to power nan maturation of vacation flats while nan municipality drafts a much broad group of regulations.

The upcoming municipal ordinance is expected to present maximum limits connected tourer accommodation, tailored to nan characteristics of each neighbourhood. One of nan cardinal indicators nether information is nan number of tourer rental places allowed per 100 residents, pinch a projected scope of 30 to 50 places successful each census conception wrong nan municipality centre. This attack stems from a 2024 study by nan University of Alicante, commissioned by nan council, which reported that Denia has astir 5,000 tourer properties—representing astir 10 per cent of each homes successful nan municipality.

The frost only applies to nan municipality core, excluding nan coastal districts of les Marines, les Rotes and Montgo. According to nan section government, nan purpose is to shield accepted residential zones from nan pressures of wide tourism, which often disrupts regular life for semipermanent residents.

800 tourer properties

Mayor Vicent Grimalt, Deputy Mayor and Housing Councillor Rafa Carrió, and Ripoll met pinch nan Secretary for Tourism, Jose Manuel Camarero, to coordinate efforts betwixt section and location administrations. During nan meeting, Camarero revealed that 800 tourer properties had been deregistered owed to non-compliance, while different 400 are presently undergoing nan process of rectification.

The renewed suspension will travel into effect connected Friday September 12. Later successful nan season, AEHTMA and different stakeholders will beryllium invited to a roundtable discussion, wherever nan assembly plans to coming nan specifications of nan forthcoming ordinance, expected to beryllium implemented earlier nan extremity of nan year.

Similar measures are being adopted successful different celebrated coastal destinations specified arsenic Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and San Sebastián, wherever nan accelerated description of vacation lets has been blamed for driving up rents and displacing locals. The caller regulations typically see stricter licensing requirements and caps connected nan number of tourer accommodations allowed per neighbourhood.