“Many apartments have been renovated. Investors, owners and operating companies have made an effort to keep the homes in perfect condition and to make them modern and functional”, adds Calvet. Airdna collects data from the 629 legalized apartments registered on the Airbnb and Vrbo platforms, but the total rises to 1,690, according to data from the Tourist Apartment Association, since many rentals are managed directly through the operating websites, as Calvet points out.
In addition, as the president of the entity stated about three months ago, many of the illegal ones become legal because people are increasingly aware that they have to regularize the service. The penalties range between 3,000 and 30,000 euros. There are also legal ones, which are not covered by the law due to their characteristics. The future regulation, in charge of the Generalitat of Catalonia, will include them.
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