Secretariat of Tourism and Entertainment

The secretariat's guidance of 21 August 2026 gathered into one document the permissions a legal short-let home in Medellín must hold: entry in the National Tourism Registry, building-rule authorisation, compatible land use, a construction licence, tax and commercial registrations, registration with the foreign-guest database SIRE, an accommodation record and fire-safety certification. None of it was a new obligation; the requirements already sat across six agencies.

Medellín's council approved the Secretaría de Turismo y Entretenimiento in March 2024, lifting tourism out of a sub-secretariat of the Economic Development Secretariat into a department of its own. It covers the tourism sector and public entertainment licensing, and it sits within city government rather than The National tourism administration.

Its enforcement record gives the checklist weight. The secretariat counted 408 inspections of tourist homes from 2024 to 2026, with 105 temporary suspensions, figures that frame the council's debate on a land-use rewrite opened on 26 September 2026.