The Canary Islands Vacation Rental Association (ASCAV) denounces that the Bill on vacation homes reaches the Parliament of the Canary Islands without having taken into account that “67% of the more than 5,000 allegations presented were contrary to the new Law”.
Thus, the president of ASCAV, Doris Borrego, was surprised that the Ministry of Tourism highlights that the text has varied to “save all the objections” of the Advisory Council and respect the modifications requested by the FECAM (Canarian Federation of Municipalities) and asks what has happened with the claims of the Association she chairs.
“Will (the Ministry) also have taken into account the claims of ASCAV or is it still allied with the hotel association and the elimination of the vacation offer?, she questions.
“The Ministry of Tourism continues in its line of turning its back on the only group that represents the sector in the Archipelago”, denounces ASCAV, which has not been “notified with the definitive text that is presented for debate in Parliament”.
The Association explains that it had to request it through the Transparency Portal of the Government of the Canary Islands.
"Overthrow the democratization of tourism"
“Turning your back on ASCAV means ignoring thousands of Canarian families who are dedicated to vacation rentals, as well as many local companies born in the heat of the activity, and it also means overthrowing the democratization of tourism”, said Borrego.
“Yielding to the hotel association and the cry of ‘less supply and more price’ is nothing more than expelling society from an activity, because it eliminates a large part of the vacation homes so that prices can rise”, continues the president of ASCAV.
The Vacation Rental Association has no doubt that “the price of a Law that does not protect vacation homes will have devastating effects on the entire Canarian society”.
ASCAV denounces that because of this Law, “whoever can afford it will travel and, without a doubt, it will not be a large part of Canarian society. The economy generated by vacation homes, which amounts to more than 1,700 million euros, will be affected”.
“Thousands of Canarian families whose only income comes from the vacation home activity will be forced to sell their homes to foreigners and thousands of direct and indirect jobs will be lost”, they anticipate.
