The Volume III from the Licensing Series regarding all Hotels, Tourist Accommodations, and Airbnbs has just been released! The legislation is compiled and updated as modified and in effect today!

With the changes from Law 5106/2024 and Law 4759/2020, the book covers:

• How to issue an operating license
• What to pay attention to when starting a Hotel or Tourist Accommodation or Airbnb
• Required specifications and documents
• Health establishments operating within tourist accommodations
• Change of use: when is it required when obtaining an operating license
• Answers to frequently asked questions

The book comes with a link & QR code where the reader can view and download all the electronic files that accompany the book as well as any newer changes that may arise.

More specifically, it includes:

• The changes made based on Laws 5106/2024 (Government Gazette 63 A’) & 4759/2020 (Government Gazette 246 A’).
• Granting of coastlines and beaches: The changes brought by Law 5092/2024.
• Article 31 of Law 5039/2023 – Extension of deadlines for classifying main hotel accommodations.
• Simplification of the process for starting the operation of tourist accommodations.
• Incentives for the reopening, modernization, and repurposing of abandoned tourist accommodations.
• Operating licenses for short-term rental accommodations.
• Update on the use and granting of simple use rights for coastlines and beaches from cafes, kiosks, hotels, and beach bars.
• Notification of the operation of swimming pools within special tourist infrastructure facilities.
• Definition of terms and construction restrictions for the erection of tourist facilities in areas outside city planning regulations.
• Definition of technical and operational specifications and other terms for the creation of complex tourist accommodations.
• Notification process for health establishments operating within tourist accommodations.
• Change of use of tourist accommodation buildings, based on Article 120 of Law 4759/2020.
• Building terms for tourist facilities in areas outside city planning.
• Documentation for Conference Center Businesses for the issuance of Special Operating Sign (SOS).
• Wellness centers (spa) and gym facilities in hotels.
• Tourist accommodations within traditional buildings.

The electronic files include:

• Health Decision 47829/2017
• Use of music and musical instruments
• Flowchart
• Bonus 1: Works that do not require a building permit
• Bonus 2: Small-scale building works
• Bonus 3: Approval for the execution of works