Overview
- Vigo’s executive board granted initial approval to a municipal ordinance that sets a formal authorization requirement for tourist accommodations before they can operate.
- The proposal restricts new units to entire buildings dedicated to tourism or to upper and ground floors with independent street access.
- The ordinance bars tourist use in buildings where ground floors have residential use and prohibits converting protected or publicly subsidized homes for tourism.
- The council would be empowered to declare specific streets or neighborhoods as saturated or limited-intensity areas for tourist flats, and the new rules would apply to future units while existing ones continue under current regulation.
- Local data show listings peaked at 2,415 in July before falling to about 2,071 in January, after authorities flagged 227 illegal units in September.