The Canary Islands Vacation Rental Association (Ascav) promotes the creation of the Federation of Associations of Vacation and Temporary Rental Owners (Fapavat), an entity that brings together regional and provincial associations from all over Spain, representing thousands of small owners and local management companies of tourist and short-stay homes.
The Canary Islands Vacation Rental Association is one of the promoting members and its President, Doris Borrego, will be the president of the federation, as reported this Saturday in a statement.
Ascav has detailed that the federation is born to claim the social, economic and territorial value of tourist homes, "in the face of discourses that, in recent times, have tried to unfairly blame the sector for structural problems such as gentrification, tourismophobia or the lack of long-term rental housing".
The federation stands as a legitimate interlocutor to defend the interests of those who, with effort and responsibility, offer a sustainable and close tourist alternative, which redistributes the benefits of tourism among society and boosts the local economy.
Likewise, Ascav has argued that far from being a speculative phenomenon or alien to social reality, tourist homes constitute a fundamental source of income for thousands of Spanish families.
For many, vacation rentals represent the necessary complement to an insufficient pension, the possibility of facing the studies of their children or the means to maintain an inherited home in decent conditions, the note highlights.
Therefore, Fapavat "wants to highlight the history of each owner, of each local manager, who with their work contributes to tourism benefiting everyone and not just the large hotel chains or traditional operators".
In addition, the association has highlighted that the spending of tourists who choose this type of accommodation is distributed among shops, supermarkets, bars, restaurants, cleaning companies, maintenance and countless small businesses that find in short-stay tourism an opportunity to grow and generate employment.
Fapavat defends an integrative tourism model, which favors the circular economy and social cohesion in neighborhoods and towns throughout Spain.
From Fapavat, they say that they assume the responsibility of promoting good practices, neighborhood coexistence and compliance with current regulations.
They are committed to dialogue with the administrations and to the search for balanced solutions that allow reconciling tourist activity with the right to housing and the quality of life in cities.
They reject the stigmatization and criminalization of a sector that, in its immense majority, acts responsibly and transparently.
In short, Fapavat will fight firmly for the recognition and protection of the rights of small owners and local managers, claiming the importance of vacation and temporary rentals as an essential part of the Spanish tourism model.
