The government will investigate listings on platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com to verify if they have licences, consumer rights minister Pablo Bustinduy said.
Rents rose by an average of 13% in June from a year earlier and by 18% in cities such as Barcelona and Madrid which are popular with tourists, according to the property website Idealista. Residents of Barcelona, the Canary Islands and Malaga have staged protests in recent weeks against the rise in tourist rentals.
Housing minister Isabel Rodriguez said the registry would be ready by the end of 2025 at the earliest.
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