Canary Islands is the fourth autonomous community with the highest number of tourist homes advertised on digital platforms, despite 2,330 having disappeared from them in one year.
The data corresponds to last May, compared to the fifth month of 2025, and is included in the experimental statistics compiled by the National Statistics Institute (INE) twice a year.
The province of Las Palmas is the third that accumulates the most holiday homes (26,998) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the fifth (21,358).
And in the top ten of Spanish municipalities, La Oliva (3,979) is number eight, and Arona (3,976), number nine.
In Spain as a whole, the number of tourist homes decreased by 10% last May, to 341,001, representing the second-largest year-on-year drop in the historical series. Specifically, there were 40,836 fewer units advertised than a year earlier.
However, when compared to the previous statistic, corresponding to November 2025, the number of tourist apartments increased by 3.4% in May, which is equivalent to 11,237 more.
Since records began, the highest number of tourist homes advertised on platforms was recorded in August 2021 with 403,267.
More than 1.7 million places
In total, the tourist homes registered in May offered 1,714,702 places, representing an average of 5 places per home.
The autonomous communities with the most tourist homes in May were Andalusia (90,649); Catalonia (51,305); Valencian Community (51,268); Canary Islands (48,356) and Balearic Islands (21,304).
However, all of them showed decreases of 5,527, 5,546; 11,922; 2,330 and 3,057 units, respectively.
The provinces with the most tourist homes last May were Malaga (45,176); Alicante (32,148); Las Palmas (26,998); Santa Cruz de Tenerife (21,358); Balearic Islands (21,304) and Girona (20,821).
The number of tourist homes only increased in the provinces of Badajoz (16%), Cáceres (14%), Jaén (7%), Cuenca (6%) and La Rioja (1%).
Furthermore, the municipalities with the most tourist homes were Madrid (10,836), Malaga (8,288), Barcelona (8,231), Marbella (6,987), Seville (6,937), Valencia (5,393), Mijas (4,465), La Oliva (3,979) and Arona (3,967).
After these data were released, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda attributes this drop to the entry into force of the Digital Single Window and the reform of the Horizontal Property Law, which allows neighbors to veto these types of non-residential uses of housing.
Last May 21, the Supreme Court agreed to the nullity of the single registration procedure for short-term rentals that wish to be advertised on digital platforms, understanding that the State lacks the competence to establish this "exhaustive" regulation, which overlaps with regional regulations.
The Ministry insists that it continues to work to ensure that the largest number of available homes are allocated to residential rentals at affordable prices and emphasizes the different aids and instruments contained in the State Housing Plan 2026-2030 to bring these homes back to the residential market.
Likewise, it understands that it is essential for the rest of the administrations to join this commitment, especially after learning that the Bank of Spain estimates that 900,000 homes that could house families are being used as tourist apartments or second (or third) residences for non-residents.
"To date, regional governments controlled by the PP have dedicated themselves to appealing all measures promoted by the Government to limit the presence of tourist apartments that not only collide with the right to housing, but also blur the cities and harm coexistence," points out the ministry led by Isabel Rodríguez.
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