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Murcia law adds tourist status and tightens online adverts
The new rules recognise key visitor assets and require tourism firms to show their registration number in adverts, including those on booking platforms.
Murcia’s new tourism law was published in the BOE on 6 November 2026. It creates a formal status for key visitor assets and sets stricter rules for tourism adverts.
The Regional Assembly passed Law 3/2026 on 8 October. It changes the region’s 2013 Tourism Law and creates the new status. The text has 19 articles and three final provisions.
The law covers assets linked to food, culture, faith, nature and leisure. It aims to recognise places and experiences that draw visitors to Murcia. The plan also seeks to bring visitors throughout the year, not only in busy seasons.
Until now, Murcia gave this type of regional tourism status only to festivals. The new law widens that approach to other parts of the region’s offer.
How the new status will work
The law sets out how an asset can gain the title of Bien de Interés Turístico. It also explains how the status may be changed or withdrawn. A public register will list the assets.
The BOE gives several examples of places that can draw visitors on their own. They include the Roman Theatre in Cartagena, the Camino de la Cruz, Lorca Castle and Murcia Cathedral. These are examples of the type of asset covered, not a list of new awards.
The regional tourism office may call for and award prizes or mentions linked to the status. The law also sets the duties of the body that decides each request.
Registration number required in adverts
The second major change affects tourism firms and online sales. A business must show its Murcia tourism register number in every advert. This applies in every medium, including online promotion and booking sites.
The law also changes the rules on serious offences. An advert or sale can fall into that class if a tourism business has not filed the required declaration. The same applies when an advert leaves out the register number. It also covers firms that keep advertising after a request for classification was refused.
The preamble says these steps aim to cut offers from unlicensed places to stay. It points in particular to adverts on tourism sales platforms.
Source: BOE
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