HE Consell de Mallorca has launched a contingency plan to combat the illegal tourist rental offer in Palma de Mallorca.. Among other measures, an e-mail box for specific complaints for households That they bypassed the ban on operating in multi-family buildings in Palma. Can be done anonymously. In addition, five more investigators were deployed this April to persecute and punish criminals. In 2022, there were 237 houses on the island, mostly in Ciutat.
Citizens who want to report can write. [email protected] . This address has been activated so that anyone and anonymously can inform Consell de Mallorca about illegal tourist rentals, as reported by the agency yesterday.
An awareness campaign will be launched on the inspection plan alongside other measures that are part of the accident plan prepared by the Island institution’s Department of Transition, Tourism and Sports. Joan Gaspar Vallori. has a budget 700,000 euros.
The Tourism Office now has 20 inspectors. In addition, extended examination hours have been increased to include evenings and weekends. The aim is to be able to detect the ads that run during these time intervals.
Up to a thousand detections
During In 2022, there were 237 homes declared illegal in Mallorca, most of them in Palma. The purpose of the isolation agency is to detect between 800 and 1,000 in Ciutat alone.
It is recalled that violations of the marketing of tourist apartments in Palma were classified as very serious and required fines ranging from 40,001 to 400,000 euros. In fact, Consell has already handed out two hefty fines. The owner of a six-story building in Palma’s old town was fined 240,000 euros. Owners of another five-story building objecting to the ban on tourist housing activity in multi-family buildings throughout the municipal area were also fined another 200,000 euros.
Geolocation will be used to facilitate the detection of illegal tourist apartments. This work, which began this April, will be conducted in conjunction with the University of the Balearic Islands and the Sustainable Tourism Observatory. It is estimated that more than 500 houses will be identified.
Initially, 20,000 multi-family homes will be identified that are most likely to be declared as unlicensed tourist accommodation in the municipality of Palma. corresponds to. Data obtained from advertisements on digital platforms will be used; heat maps will be developed to identify local hotspots; the obtained data will be crossed with the cadastral parcels file; Spatial databases will be analyzed and plots identified in Consell’s detail to obtain the average proximity value of advertisements per cadastral plot.
“We believe we can succeed if we fight” against illegals “We are working for a better quality tourism”, Pass points to the Minister of Tourism and Sports, Andreu Serra moreover, it adds: “It will enhance the coexistence between visitors and residents.”
Investigators and Palma Local Police visited about twenty homes in the old town last Thursday and Friday. And for the first time, they are participating in the security and coexistence roundtables (SECON) of the neighborhood police and neighborhood representatives.