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Airbnb has become synonymous with cheap tourism and overcrowded capitals, but is it correct to put the blame on it? Or it is simply cheap air travel and higher
by Udik 5y ago
Airbnb has become synonymous with cheap tourism and overcrowded capitals, but is it correct to put the blame on it? Or it is simply cheap air travel and higher affluence (think of the entire eastern block of Europe, China, etc.) that brings so many people to the tourist hot spots? Is there any data to check what's Airbnb actual contribution?
- baq 5y agoairbnb is synonymous with short term tourist rental, which if unregulated leads to dissolution of whole neighborhoods, which get converted into defacto hotels with total disregard of regulation and zoning. those places become unlivable for long term residents. there's a reason hotels are hotels and not just apartments in some building. note i've never said cheap: in my city, airbnbs and hotels are about the same price in similar locations. if you think of all the ways you could make airbnb service better, you end up with a hotel, basically.
- thenaturalist 5y agoThere are a several studies published for different countries. US: https://www.epi.org/publication/the-economic-costs-and-benefits-of-airbnb-no-reason-for-local-policymakers-to-let-airbnb-bypass-tax-or-regulatory-obligations/ https://www.epi.org/publication/the-economic-costs-and-benef... US: https://hbr.org/2019/04/research-when-airbnb-listings-in-a-city-increase-so-do-rent-prices https://hbr.org/2019/04/research-when-airbnb-listings-in-a-c... Barcelona: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094119020300498 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009411902... Berlin: https://www.iamexpat.de/housing/real-estate-news/study-airbnb-driving-cost-apartments-berlin https://www.iamexpat.de/housing/real-estate-news/study-airbn...