Can Airbnb ruin the city?

ByC.-04

Service that you can borrow a room with local people "Airbnb"Is used in 34,000 cities in 191 countries worldwide, and it is predicted that users will increase year after year. Although Airbnb, which has many opposition from the existing hotel and tourism industry, it is not only the assertion that "It is unfair to not be regulated as accommodation", but also pointed out that "Airbnb will destroy tourist cities" We are.

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Airbnb, which is often cited as an example of "Sharing Economy (Shared Economy)" was released in 2008. It is eight years from now. Even though Brian Chesky, the founder of the time, improved service while trial and error at that time,The user did not increase easilyHowever, Airbnb has shown a rapid spread in recent years. In the UK as of 2016, the number of people who lend their homes to strangers is as many as 52,500, and on average lending by 46 days a year is about 2000 pounds (about 273,000 yen) It is said to have earned income. British finance minister George Osborn explains that by using Airbnb and similar services you can get additional income without tax. Airbnb is also an official supplier of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Olympic, Paralympic Games (Rio Olympics) held in 2016, and it is said that 20,000 rooms will be offered.

Originally Airbnb was an idea created as "a way to lend a room and make money while gaining money". Even now, in many cases, the hosting user does not lend out the room as a business in a style "to lend space that my house does not use, to interact with people of different cultures and earn wages" Hmm. However, there are users who are using the night stay service for pure income purposes.

The new accommodation service including Airbnb and the conflict of the existing tourism and hotel industry are occurring all over the world, and Mark Tanza, CEO of the UK Travel Association, has expanded the service like Airbnb, It is pointed out that there is a possibility that the inflow of tourists into a historic city increases, and the city may be ruined. Mr. Tanza said concern about the situation that tourists themselves can not fully enjoy themselves due to excessive increase of tourists in famous tourist spots, "tourism trips tourism trip".

ByIan T. McFarland

Also, according to a survey conducted by Pennsylvania State University, "Mega Operator" handling three or more properties at Airbnb was found not to interact with people but to lend a room as a full time business It is. The mega operator accounts for 30% of the total income of Airbnb, and it seems that the number is increasing more and more.

Australia hotel search site "YHA Australia"Also has the same idea, and instead of" Airbnb "" people living in the room lend a room as intercultural exchanges, "rather than" the owner of the accommodation does not have legal restrictions, It is claimed that it is used as a method of opening business. "

On the other hand, Mr. Tanzer pointed out that Airbnb "is not surprised, but it is regrettable that the form of a new travel industry that will support small businesses other than the hotel will be attacked as money is paid to local residents" I will. At the end of 2015, Airbnb urged the community to pay accommodation tax, etc. according to the actual circumstances of each city, to create a transparent and open sharing community, responsible home sharing to strengthen the city As a community agreement. And it announced that it collected and taxed the tax lodging tax of 85 million dollars (about 8,650 million yen) at the beginning of June 2016, and we are coping immediately with the host which is breaking the law It is a posture.

BySamuel Ryo

The battle between Airbnb and the hotel industry and authorities in each city is constantly prohibited. In San Francisco, USA, the law to limit rental of accommodation within 90 days a year is passed, and in the case of Berlin it is forbidden to rent out real estate altogether. Also, in Iceland, restrictions are imposed on forcing the host to register as a business.

In New York, up to 1,000 dollars (about 100,000 yen) for the first violation, up to $ 7,500 (about 780,000 yen) for the third time to those who posted room rental within 30 days on Airbnb, A bill was imposed that could impose a fine of. Regarding this bill passing, it was disappointing that the parliament of "Albany (the state capital of New York State) went with the hotel industry at the last minute of the bankruptcy, eviction and seizure of the 30,000 New Yorkers in a crisis There is a series of criticisms such as "There is no surprise."

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