{"id":6587,"date":"2015-08-13T15:31:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T14:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=6587"},"modified":"2016-03-02T13:20:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:20:53","slug":"barcelona-just-declared-war-on-airbnb-and-other-homesharing-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/08\/barcelona-just-declared-war-on-airbnb-and-other-homesharing-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona just declared war on Airbnb and other homesharing sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kdXcFChRpmI\"><iframe title=\"Bye Bye Barcelona (Full length)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kdXcFChRpmI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>(watch the documentary Bye Bye Barcelona on the negative impacts of tourism on the city)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Barcelona is targeting the sort of unlicensed apartments advertised on sites like Airbnb, in its latest effort to control the numbers of tourists flocking to the Spanish city. Earlier this year Barcelona\u00a0introduced a one-year ban on new tourist accommodation. And last week its deputy\u00a0Mayor Geraldo Pisarello launched a new pilot scheme whereby anyone who is caught renting out\u00a0an unlicensed apartments through P2P websites will be fined. However,\u00a0they can see\u00a080% of their fine cancelled if they allow the city council to use the apartment as social accommodation for three years.<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Fines for operating an unlicensed apartment can reach\u00a0as high as \u20ac90,000. The average fine is\u00a0around \u20ac15,000<\/li>\n<li>At the end of the three year period, landlords will be given a further choice &#8211; pay off the fine and reclaim possession of the apartment, or continue offering the property as social accommodation until the council receives full payment.<\/li>\n<li>the council will also demand that the key websites\u00a0\u2013 AirBnB,\u00a0Booking.com etc \u2013 provide it with all data\u00a0they possess on listed\u00a0tourist apartments without a\u00a0council registration number. if they don&#8217;t\u00a0they will be fined for each unlicensed apartment offered through their websites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wolfstreet.com\/2015\/08\/10\/barcelonas-new-mayor-declares-war-on-airbnb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the original article on Wolf Street<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.co.uk\/press\/news\/new-study-airbnb-community-contributes-175-million-to-barcelona-s-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read Airbnb&#8217;s own study on its impact on Barcelona<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read the article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wtmresponsibletourism.com\/2014\/09\/02\/airbnb-homesharing-sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Airbnb claims hommesharing more sustainable than going to a green hotel<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone caught renting out unlicensed accommodation in Barcelona will have to pay a hefty fine or allow their dwelling to be used for social housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,131,16,534,676],"tags":[313],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Barcelona just declared war on Airbnb<\/title>\n<meta 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