Check your home fits the 'tourist apartment' category
Tourist apartments in Extremadura are regulated by Decree 182/2012, which orders apartments in the region.[2]
They include blocks or sets of apartments, houses and other buildings offering professional, habitual lodging with facilities to prepare, store and consume food in each unit.[2]
Tourist apartments are classified into four categories identified by keys; the four-key category must stand out for excellent quality and services.[2]
Prepare your documents and minimum conditions
You must declare you comply with applicable tourism and sectoral rules, keep that compliance during the activity, and hold the documents proving it.[1][3]
You must have a valid civil liability insurance policy with sufficient cover and its supporting documents.[1][4]
Prove title or right to use the property with a recent Land Registry extract or a document proving the relevant personal or real right.[1]
Provide a descriptive report and sufficiently scaled plans signed by a competent professional.[1]
If the declarant is a legal person, provide the registered deed of incorporation and proof of the representative’s authority.[1]
Ensure minimum services (24-hour hot/cold potable water and electricity, a kitchen, heating and waste collection) and compliance with accessibility rules.[2]
File the Responsible Declaration
Use the Responsible Declaration for the start/modification/cessation of the tourist apartment activity, addressed to the tourism authority.[1][2]
Models are approved by the 5 October 2021 Resolution and are available; the content and documentation are set in Annex III on the Regional e-Office.[1][2]
File online or in person; submission is open all year. You may submit to the Single Registry; electronic processing is available.[1][2][3]
The declaration authorises the Administration to obtain certain documents ex officio; you must indicate when and before which body they were filed.[4]
Under the regional tourism law, the responsible declaration is the sole prerequisite to begin a tourist activity; you may start from the moment of submission, subject to checks and inspections.[1][4][5]
Registration after submission and checks
Once received, the authority will register the activity ex officio in the General Register of Tourism Companies and Activities based on your declaration.[1][2][3]
Your data in the declaration will be incorporated into the General Register. The Register is administrative, public and free, kept electronically, and includes accommodation. Your code includes the type/modality, a province identifier and a five-digit number.[3][4]
If the declaration lacks necessary data, you will be required to correct it within ten days.[3]
After registration, checks may verify compliance. Essential inaccuracy, falsity or omission can lead to suspension of the activity and cancellation or modification of the registration; minor inaccuracies may be given a correction period.[3]
Registration does not exempt you from other permits, licences or authorisations required by other entities.[3]
Operate and keep your data up to date
Display the standardised plaque at the main entrance, as set in Annex II.[2]
Communicate to the tourism authority any change of ownership, temporary or definitive cessation, name change or any other modification.[1]
Notify any changes to operating dates and periods ten days in advance.[2]
Inform the Register of any alteration of the conditions that were the basis for registration within one month of the change.[3]
The Administration will verify at least every five years that the establishment continues to meet the declared requirements.[2]
Who can apply
Individuals or legal entities promoting this type of tourist accommodation are eligible to file the declaration.[1]
Decisions and appeals
The procedure is decided by the Director-General of Tourism and has no set time limit to resolve; administrative silence does not apply.[1]
You may file an administrative appeal (Recurso de Alzada) before the Director-General of Tourism within one month from notification of the registration, or from denial and filing of the declaration.[1]