{"id":1843,"date":"2026-07-03T22:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/?p=1843"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:31:36","slug":"torrevieja-enters-top-10-spanish-cities-by-number-of-tourist-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/blog\/immigration\/torrevieja-enters-top-10-spanish-cities-by-number-of-tourist-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Torrevieja entered the top 10 cities in Spain in terms of the number of tourist accommodations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Torrevieja is among the top ten cities in Spain with the largest number of tourist accommodation units (VUTs) offered through platforms that specialize in booking offers. This is evidenced by the latest report for May 2026 on tourist accommodation in Spain<\/a>, published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) and analyzed by the specialized portal Idealista.<\/p>\n

This ranking confirms the dynamic development of tourism activities in Torrevieja, which is also observed in most of the coastal municipalities of the province.<\/p>\n

How many tourist accommodations are there in Torrevieja?<\/h2>\n

According to this study, there are 3,887 tourist accommodation units in Torrevieja, up from 4,927 the year before.<\/p>\n

Madrid leads the ranking with 10,836 properties, followed by Malaga (8,288) and Barcelona (8,231). The top ten also included Marbella (6,987), Seville (6,937), Valencia (5,393), Mijas (4,465), La Oliva in Las Palmas (3,979) and Arona in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (3,967).<\/p>\n

According to these experimental statistics, such dynamics mean an annual decline of 10.7%.<\/p>\n

How INE considers tourist accommodation<\/h2>\n

This is a system in which the software extracts data from the three most popular tourist booking platforms in Spain: Booking, Airbnb and Trivago.<\/p>\n

Based on the collected data on residential properties, INE carries out the initial selection of tourist apartments in accordance with the current legislation of each autonomy. Duplicate removal algorithms are then applied to eliminate those items that appear on more than one platform.<\/p>\n

The reduction in the number of such properties is mainly due to the cleaning of the list of offers carried out by the platforms themselves due to the requirements that were put forward by the Spanish government, starting in June 2025.<\/p>\n

The aim of these demands was to force platforms to remove tens of thousands of listings of illegal tourist apartments that were operating without a license or with fake registration numbers. In this context, it is of particular importance for owners NRA in Spain<\/a> \u2013 registration number for short-term rentals through online platforms.<\/p>\n

Torrevieja is ahead of other popular cities in the province<\/h2>\n

Be that as it may, the INE study places Torrevieja above other popular municipalities in the province, which also stand out for their offer of tourist apartments.<\/p>\n

The top ten in the province also included Calpe – 2943 objects (3184 in May 2025), Denia – 2926 (3746), Alicante – 2854 (3708), Benidorm – 2564 (2845), Javea – 2406 (3135), Orihuela – 2090 (2946), Santa Pola – 1548 (1947), Teulada – 1173 (1408) and El Campello – 1081 (1314).<\/p>\n

According to the study, the total number of tourist apartments in the province of Alicante is 32,148, while in May 2025 in the same report it was 40,273.<\/p>\n

However, Alicante still ranks second nationally, behind only Malaga, which has 45,176 VUT.<\/p>\n

The Valencian Community ranks third<\/h2>\n

At the autonomy level, the Valencian Community ranks third with 51,268 properties, compared with 63,190 a year ago.<\/p>\n

The region is second only to Andalusia (90,649) and Catalonia (51,305). In fourth place are the Canary Islands (48,356).<\/p>\n

Data from INE and the Turisme Comunitat Valenciana registry differ<\/h2>\n

In any case, these figures do not provide an up-to-date representation of the total volume of officially registered proposals in the Valencian Community.<\/p>\n

At least the register of the Tourism Authority of the Valencian Community (Turisme Comunitat Valenciana) records higher figures for the number of VUTs in most municipalities, even after the clearance of licenses carried out by the autonomous department.<\/p>\n

Currently, throughout the autonomy, this register contains 89,601 VUTs and 412,653 places, representing a difference of 38,333 objects compared to the data collected in the INE study.<\/p>\n

Of this total for the Autonomous Region, updated by Turisme, 59,131 are in the province of Alicante, which has 275,375 places, while Valencia and Castell\u00f3n provide 17,232 and 13,238 VUT respectively.<\/p>\n

As for municipalities, it is enough to cite as an example the situation in the cities included in the top ten according to INE data. According to the Valencian registry, there are 10,075 VUT registered in Torrevieja, 5,469 in Calpe, 5,124 in Denia, 3,111 in Alicante, 5,645 in Benidorm, 4,281 in Javea, 4,567 in Orihuela, 3,121 in Santa Pola, 2,050 in Teulada and in El Campello – 1860.<\/p>\n

For owners who consider tourist rentals as a source of income, such statistics once again emphasize the importance of legal registration of the property, correct registration on platforms and professional support in the field real estate services in Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo: Alex Tihonovs \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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