Airbnbs need to start paying their way – industry

Airbnbs need to start paying their way – industry
Rotorua lacks quality bed options. (Image: Paul Michael)
Brent Melville
Rotorua, one of New Zealand’s tourism hotspots, has a problem.Before the pandemic, the city boasted more than 1,200 short-term holiday listings, providing privately owned options for visitors other than staying at one of its 90-or-so commercial hotels and motel offerings. By the middle of last year, the number of listings on Airbnb, Bookabach and other platforms fell to about 800 before bouncing back to a current 1,020 units, according to data from short-term accommodation aggregator AirDNA.Andrew Wilson, chief executive of economic...

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