The registration of travelers that must be carried out by travel agencies, hotels and rental companies of self-driving vehicles from December 2 has provoked a frontal rejection by some agents in the tourism sector, especially the agencies, who consider that it adds a bureaucratic burden and will make it more expensive. travel prices.
The Popular Party has taken up the feelings of the tourist agents and this week moved forward a motion in the Senate -where it has an absolute majority, although government allies such as PNV and Junts also supported it- which urges the Executive to extend the suspension of the entry into force of the royal decree, which has already been postponed up to three times since the middle of last year.
Against the complaint of the travel agencies, represented by the associations Ceav, Fetave, Acave and Unav, that The new rule requires collecting data that even affects people’s privacythe Ministry of the Interior clarifies that it does not introduce demands for additional information to that currently requested.
The agencies allege that data collection adds a bureaucratic burden that they cannot assume, because a 95% are SMEs and in many cases with only one employee, which means they will have to extend work times, and they warn about the possibility of causing closures and a hypothetical increase in the price of trips.
Hoteliers, through the Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodations (Cehat), have also shown their rejection of the rule, which “could” violate fundamental privacy rights and “threatens to complicate and hinder” the experience of millions of visitors, in addition to representing a “decrease” in the competitiveness of Spain as a destination.
According to Royal Decree 933/2021, the obliged to provide the information These are hotels, hostels, pensions, guest houses, rural tourism establishments, campsites, motorhome parking areas, apartments, bungalows and other similar tourist accommodation.
This information must also be provided by tour operators that provide intermediation services, digital platforms that provide services in Spain and driverless vehicle rental companies.
The data What they must give about the clients are name and surname, sex, ID, nationality, date of birth, place of habitual residence, telephone numbers, email, number of travelers and relationship (in the event that one is a minor). and transaction data.
Furthermore, the service providers They have to communicate their name, DNI or CIF, municipality, province, telephone number, email address, company website, establishment information and other details of the transaction, such as the type of payment, the owner of the payment method or the date. bank card expiration date, among others.
Communication must be done in a maximum period of 24 hours and must be signed by all those over 14 years of age who use these services. The rule requires that minors under 14 years of age be registered by their companions.
The platform is operational
The last meeting between the Interior and the employer representation of the sector (CEOE, hotel companies, digital platforms, travel agencies and tourist accommodations) It occurred last October 4 and there the last extension of the entry into force was agreed, which is now scheduled for December 2.
From that datehotel or car rental companies must transmit to the ses.hospedajes application those data that they already collect on a regular basis, the standard states.
According to Interior, the computer platform for hosting the data is operational from January 2023but travel agencies insist they have flaws.
The justification included in the RD explains that The current regulations did not contemplate the new modalities of lodging activities, such as tourist homes.
The motion approved in the Senate at the request of the PP last Wednesday the 20th asks the Government to keep the obligation to register travelers suspended by travel agencies and driverless vehicle rental companies.
received the support of senators from UPN and VOX, in addition to the representatives of Junts and the PNV, partners of the Pedro Sánchez government.
While, they voted against PSOE, Izquierda Confederal and Ezquerra Republicana de Catalunya participated in the motion, while the BNG abstained.
According to the Senate Regulations after the approval of a motionthe Government must report on its compliance within the following six months.
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