Thanks to Sara Rossi at the Independent Online for this Headline
Following anti-tourism riots in Barcelona, the Milanese authorities have decided to ban check-in keyboxes from it’s city centre streets due to their unsightliness and lack of security as the owners of the rented properties never meet their clients. Hotels, on the other hand ,have to obtain a passport and address details for their records and ask if a newspaper is required in the morning. ( to check if the guests can read)
The private short-term rentals in sought after tourist destinations have made it nigh impossible for long-term renters to find cost effective accommodation and thus have affected those who want to live and work in those areas.
Airbnb who are the most famous of these private rental companies and largely internet based, they blame the hotels for over tourism, interesting concept. Room for room who has more rooms to offer? Hotels offer employment and also people to talk to and then how about youth hostels in prime locations. Again they have a booking in process.
Over tourism will perhaps have it’s day, maybe at the moment wanderlust and disposable income go together for the lower income brackets , let’s face it those who can get premium accommodation will pay for such, those are the tourists the Cities want. They don’t want random key boxes located on streets for a stream of travellers who just want to pick up their key, see a few sites and then disappear to the next tourist site and repeat the process. What will the neighbours think?
Namaste and Thank You for Reading. 🙏
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