Short-Term Leasing Of Self-Service / Self Catered Accommodation

The spread and wide use of digital platforms promoting the short-term accommodation rentals of private properties around the world demonstrated the existence of a gap in the legislation of the Republic of Cyprus. The issues that arose in view of the gap in the legislation for the commercial exploitation of private properties for short leasing was addressed by the Government through the passing of the Law on the Regulation of the establishment and operation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodations in 2020 (Law 9(I)/2019), which amended the Law on the Regulation of the establishment and operation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodations in 2019 (Law 34(I)/1969). On that basis, a major innovation was the introduction of the notion of 'self-service' or 'self-catered' establishment, the meaning of which is expressly distinguished from the notion of 'hotels' and 'tourist accommodation', as well as the establishment of a Register designated to be used for the listing and licensing