Orihuela tourist licence 2026: 4,616 registered holiday lets

To let a home to tourists in Orihuela (Orihuela Costa) you need a CV-VUT number from the Registro de Turismo de la Comunitat Valenciana; 4,616 homes in Orihuela are on the register and 12 were added in October 2026 (Generalitat Valenciana open data, downloaded on 5 November 2026).

Official sources: Generalitat Valenciana open data: tourist homes on the Registro de Turismo de la Comunitat Valenciana (tur-gestur-vt, CC BY 4.0, updated daily) · Ley 15/2018 de turismo, ocio y hospitalidad de la Comunitat Valenciana, consolidated text (arts. 19 and 65, amended by Decreto-ley 9/2024) · checked on 5 November 2026

On the Registro de Turismo de la Comunitat Valenciana: 4,616 homes

Tourist homes listed online (INE, May 2026): 2,090

INE counted 2,090 tourist homes with 10,674 bed places in Orihuela in May 2026, 2.36% of all dwellings.

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.

New registrations per month in Orihuela

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: Generalitat Valenciana open data: tourist homes on the Registro de Turismo de la Comunitat Valenciana (tur-gestur-vt, CC BY 4.0, updated daily) · checked on 5 November 2026

4,616 homes on the register against 2,090 counted by INE on the platforms: INE (Spain's national statistics institute) counts tourist homes listed on the three most used accommodation platforms in Spain, by web scraping and removing duplicates; it publishes the count twice a year, with reference dates in May and November. It is a different measure from the regional register, which also includes homes that are not advertised.

The rules in the Valencian Community

Registration number: Valencian law requires holiday homes to show their exact location and their Registro de Turismo number in all advertising (Ley 15/2018, art. 19.1 b).

• Only whole homes can be let as viviendas de uso turístico, for stays of up to 10 days in a row with the same guest; letting rooms to tourists is prohibited (art. 65.1 and 65.3). (Boletín Oficial del Estado)
• The home needs a favourable municipal report on urban-planning compatibility for tourist use (informe municipal de compatibilidad urbanística) and, where required, the municipal permits for that use (art. 65.1). (Boletín Oficial del Estado)
• The cadastral reference of the home must appear in the declaration to the register and in the letting contracts (art. 65.1). (Boletín Oficial del Estado)
• Registration of a tourist home on the Registro de Turismo is valid for 5 years, with the exceptions set in the law and its implementing decree (art. 65.4). (Boletín Oficial del Estado)
• Article 65 was amended by Decreto-ley 9/2024 of 2 August (note in the consolidated text on BOE). (Boletín Oficial del Estado)

The town hall of Orihuela sets its own planning rules for tourist use: ask the Ayuntamiento (urbanismo) before you buy or start letting. Full details: Valencian Community holiday let licence.

Check a registration number

Generalitat Valenciana open data: the list of registered tourist homes, updated daily, with each CV-VUT number: search for Orihuela.

Questions

Official sources

• Generalitat Valenciana open data: tourist homes on the Registro de Turismo de la Comunitat Valenciana (tur-gestur-vt, CC BY 4.0, updated daily) – Generalitat Valenciana, open data (CSV), checked 5 November 2026
• 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
• Ley 15/2018 de turismo, ocio y hospitalidad de la Comunitat Valenciana, consolidated text (arts. 19 and 65, amended by Decreto-ley 9/2024) – Boletín Oficial del Estado, BOE consolidated text, last update 2 July 2026, 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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