A number of European cities are grappling with what they term the “Airbnb issue”. This relates to the problems brought out due to the ubiquitous appeal for the platform and others of the ilk such as Home-away. As a solution, Barcelona, Vienna and Krakow have found a system by which user data is shared by the platform when needed, even though they did not do this earlier due to provisions in the e-commerce rules of Europe. Others such as Amsterdam have reduced the provision for renting to a maximum of thirty days per year. Rome on the other hand, has started levying additional charges, assuring that these sums would then be used for useful municipality tasks. Business intelligence supplied by the municipality pegs this number at close to twenty million Euros. Paris holds the enviable position of being the most sough-after destination on Airbnb. The city will thus receive nearly seven million as a tourist tax. This is part of Airbnb’s attempt to forge improved ties with the French authorities.

Source:https://www.tourism-review.com/european-cities-attempt-to-regulate-airbnb-news10467

Uploaded Date:14 February 2018