Tourism Is Overwhelming the World's Top Destinations

Re:Tourism Is Overwhelming the World's Top Destinations by moksly on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:38AM (#20676410)

> Is there any city that actually follows this?

Yes? Many European cities are quite busy banning private rentals and requiring owners to actually live in their apartments. In my country it’s even illegal for foreigners to buy vacation homes.

Legislation moves a lot slower than the market though.

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Re:Tourism Is Overwhelming the World's Top Destinations by maxsilver on Monday August 12, 2019 @12:54PM (#20677285)

> Many European cities are quite busy banning private rentals and requiring owners to actually live in their apartments. In my country it’s even illegal for foreigners to buy vacation homes.

Those all seem like really great ideas. I wish we had anything as strong/effective as that in the US.

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Re:Tourism Is Overwhelming the World's Top Destinations by DoreenMichele on Monday August 12, 2019 @12:04PM (#20676692)

Could you please name a few such cities/countries? Or, better yet, link to some sources?

I'm very interested in planning best practices and not sure how to google this.

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Re:Tourism Is Overwhelming the World's Top Destinations by jacquesm on Monday August 12, 2019 @12:37PM (#20677063)

Barcelona, Amsterdam.

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Re:Tourism Is Overwhelming the World's Top Destinations by desas on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:28PM (#20679601)

Berlin have limited it too, it's something like you can rent out spare rooms but not whole apartments, unless they're only rented out for no more than 90 days per year.

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