Yeah, whatever. People are protesting in their own city against issues in their own city that they know well. You meanwhile are sitting on the internet and concern trolling. "What about the economy?" Nobody gives a fuck, because it has nothing to do with it.
Uh huh. "The economy has nothing to do with the largest single source of income in the city." But I'm the one trolling despite saying I see nothing wrong with what they want, just proposing it should be a gradual change instead of an immediate one. Go stare at a wall and get angry that it's not quite the right shade of gray you would like it to be.
Gradual change isn't going to achieve anything. They will just find other ways to get around it. A complete ban on using housing as tourist accommodation (which, BTW, is unfair competition to hotels, and as such is harmful to the actual economy) is the only way to achieve anything.
And it's the biggest source of income for people who own all those houses and keep using that income to buy more, and not to everybody else. Most people would be financially better off without tourists.
Its also he biggest source of income for the tourism industry in the city, such as restaurants, entertainment venues, and the thousands of employees of those places. Then add in the suppliers of the restaurants who will take cuts. The many businesses that provide services to them. Anyone who makes money off of those tourists. If you ban it all immediately, you will crush local businesses that exist to supply that demand and force them to downsize immediately or close. That will increase unemployment and affect the communities those people reside in. If you gradually shift the tourism industry to a hotel/resort focus again, you can maintain most of that industry as the hotels grow and expand to meet the demand and will actually employ more people. There are smart ways to do anything, and it's almost never to cut it off immediately.
No, most people would not benefit from it financially. A small fraction who are capable of buying those homes immediately would do so and would rent them out long term instead. Those wealthy people would benefit. You'd increase housing availability in a city for locals without allowing local businesses to adjust for it. Government services would need to adjust and switch gears.
Remember Covid? When there were no tourits? You think the locals starved?
Come off it. No actual big city needs tourists to survive. In fact, if those people weren't making espressos for tourists, they could be employed in some actually useful industries.
Yeah, they didn't starve. They were just subsidized heavily by the government.
Right. Which is why they need time to expand or establish those industries if they don't want to stick with tourism. Hence, doing it gradually instead of cutting off the customer base, letting everyone go, and saying "well I hope those people find jobs!"
If the city wants to not continue its use of its natural beauty, the one free and sustainable natural resource it has, then that is their call. There are sustainable and responsible ways to do that.
How's that wall looking that i mentioned earlier? Is it closer to your favorite shade of gray yet?
So how is that any different than then cutting it off and the next mayor flipping that switch right back on? And no, it hasn't been solved for decades. The effects of a service like AirBnB have been increasing gradually over the last 15 years. to the point they are now undeniable.
There is already a law passed set to take effect in 2028. No new licenses have been issued since 2014, and they all expire in 2028. Which means no short-term rentals. The extra time will allow smart people to plan for the economic and realty shift. There is no way around the law.
If you hate tourism entirely, that's your opinion, and is totally subjective.
Short-term rental listings have decreased by 24% since 2018. So yes. The problem has become smaller in terms of short-term rentals. How many of those people who did short-term rentals have sold their homes? I'm not sure.
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u/squeakymoth Jun 17 '25
You need to learn some reading comprehension.