If the Xunta de Galicia can implement the Coastal Planning Law (Lolga) effectively, it will be much easier to open hotels or tourist apartments. The Coastal Protection Easement is a shoreline strip of 20 meters in urban areas and 100 meters elsewhere. With a simple statement of responsibility and no need for a separate administrative permit, owners will be able to convert existing residential buildings into legally compliant tourist facilities, to the extent allowed by Galician law. This is not considered a change of use by the central government, which has resisted such transitions, and has even pursued prosecutions when attempts were made to bypass the veto.
