>that suggests short term rentals are the highest value use of that property. that's undeniably true for all property in most places that have any tourism valu

>that suggests short term rentals are the highest value use of that property. that's undeniably true for all property in most places that have any tourism value, but it's a short-term value akin to "if we light this city on fire, we can probably make a lot of money selling tickets to watch it". People also have to live in the city for it to have any value as a tourism destination. If an apartment can host a hundred visitors a year but there's no service industry staff living within 50km because all their houses have been converted to AirBnB's, your tourism industry is going to collapse.