Andalusia tourist licence 2026: VUT number, RTA and the rules

To let a home to tourists in Andalusia you must file an electronic declaración responsable, which puts the home on the Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (Decreto 28/2016, art. 9, and Ley 13/2011, art. 38, checked on 5 November 2026). Andalusian rules require the home's alphanumeric RTA code on the document given to every guest on arrival (Decreto 28/2016, art. 7.1), and tourism businesses must make their RTA registration details available to guests (Ley 13/2011, art. 26.1 b). The texts we read do not set a separate rule on adverts. 153,476 homes are on the register today (Junta de Andalucía open data, downloaded on 5 November 2026).

Official sources: Decreto 28/2016 de las viviendas de uso turístico, consolidated text published by the Junta de Andalucía (amended by Decreto 31/2024, Decreto-ley 7/2024 and Decreto-ley 1/2025) · Junta de Andalucía open data: OPEN RTA, Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (CC BY 4.0) · checked on 5 November 2026

On the Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (RTA): 153,476 homes

Tourist homes listed online (INE, May 2026): 90,649

Register: Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (RTA). Number: VUT/MA/…, VUT/SE/… (province letters).

Official sources: INE table 39363: tourist homes and bed places by municipality, May 2026 · INE table 39366: tourist homes as a percentage of all dwellings, by municipality, May 2026 · checked on 5 November 2026

Not legal advice. This page summarises official texts and open data; it does not tell you whether a particular home can be let or keep its registration. Town halls set their own planning rules and communities of owners can restrict tourist use: before you buy, let or advertise, check with the regional tourism department and the Ayuntamiento, or ask a professional.

What the regional rules say

• Before starting, the host files an electronic declaración responsable with the regional tourism department; from that moment the home may be advertised as a vivienda de uso turístico (Decreto 28/2016, art. 9.1). (Junta de Andalucía)
• The declaration states that the home is compatible with local urban planning and has, where required, the licence or declaration for change of use (art. 9.1 e). (Junta de Andalucía)
• It also states that the community of owners does not prohibit tourist use and has expressly authorised it in the terms required by state law (art. 9.1 g). (Junta de Andalucía)
• Town halls may set limits on the maximum number of tourist homes per building, sector, area or zone, for an overriding reason of general interest (art. 2.2). (Junta de Andalucía)
• Only one home per cadastral reference can be registered, except where several homes legally share one (art. 9.1 a). (Junta de Andalucía)
• Registration on the RTA is done on the basis of the declaration, and filing it is enough to start the activity (Ley 13/2011, art. 38.2). (Boletín Oficial del Estado)

Check a registration number

Junta de Andalucía: OPEN RTA search (filter by activity 'viviendas de uso turístico').

New registrations per month in Andalusia

The register lists the homes that are registered today, with their registration date. A home registered in a month and removed later is not counted, so these figures show homes added in each month that are still on the register.

Official open data: Junta de Andalucía open data: OPEN RTA, Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (CC BY 4.0) · checked on 5 November 2026

Towns

The national register

The national single registration procedure (Registro Único de Arrendamientos) was annulled by the Supreme Court in 2026. See Spain holiday let licence: what was annulled and what remains.

Questions

Official sources

• Decreto 28/2016 de las viviendas de uso turístico, consolidated text published by the Junta de Andalucía (amended by Decreto 31/2024, Decreto-ley 7/2024 and Decreto-ley 1/2025) – Junta de Andalucía, PDF, checked 5 November 2026
• Ley 13/2011 del Turismo de Andalucía, consolidated text (arts. 26 and 38) – Boletín Oficial del Estado, BOE consolidated text, last update 3 March 2025, checked 5 November 2026
• Junta de Andalucía: Viviendas de uso turístico (forms and procedures) – Junta de Andalucía, web page, checked 5 November 2026
• Junta de Andalucía: OPEN RTA search of registered tourist establishments and homes – Junta de Andalucía, web page, checked 5 November 2026
• Junta de Andalucía open data: OPEN RTA, Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (CC BY 4.0) – Junta de Andalucía, open data (JSON), checked 5 November 2026
  The file also contains holders' names, emails and phone numbers: we use only counts by municipality and month.
• INE table 39363: tourist homes and bed places by municipality, May 2026 – Instituto Nacional de Estadística, open data (JSON API), checked 5 November 2026
• INE table 39366: tourist homes as a percentage of all dwellings, by municipality, May 2026 – Instituto Nacional de Estadística, open data (JSON API), checked 5 November 2026
• INE, experimental statistics: number of tourist homes in Spain and their capacity (method) – Instituto Nacional de Estadística, web page, checked 5 November 2026

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