The industry's document is due by May 2027 and takes contributions until December. Speakers at the Porto summit rejected the housing blame, and the register now holds 111,857 active units.
The Conselho de Ministros (Council of Ministers) approved on Thursday, 11 June, a decree-law that extends to 31 December 2026 the deadline by which municipalities with more than 1,000 registered Alojamento Local (Local Accommodation, AL) units must...
Municipalities have cancelled 10,324 alojamento local registrations for failing to prove mandatory civil-liability insurance, with Lisboa accounting for 65% of the total. ALEP estimates another 30,000 cancellations are still in the pipeline.
Camara Municipal do Porto confirmed on 22 May it will cancel 1,413 Alojamento Local registrations for non-submission of civil-liability insurance to the RNAL. ALEP says 50-60% sit inside the historic centre, where the 2023 containment-area overlay prevents reactivation.
INE's 29 May tape posts €1.607 billion in tourist-accommodation revenue Jan-Apr 2026, up 5.3% YoY, against just 1.0% growth in dormidas to 20.7 million. The receita-over-volume gap is the structural story: hotels and Alojamento Local are selling fewer added room-nights at meaningfully higher rates.
How to register a holiday let in Portugal: the four types, the checks before you apply, the council's objection period, your duties once open, and tax.
Lisbon reclassifies four parishes after a cleanup removed thousands of ghost Alojamento Local listings. Arroios, Estrela, and São Vicente shift from absolute to relative containment; Avenidas Novas is freed entirely.
