The Impact of short-term letting

stories of resistance from Venice, Italy

alice_corona

Data activist @ OCIO •  Inside Airbnb

18 Nov. 2020 • AirBnB and the Digital Services Act, organized by Greens/EFA in the European Parliament

Homepage OCIO's website.

Picture taken by photographer Philippe Apatie during OCIO's neighborhood walk C.U.R.A a Castello on October 19th, 2019

6,963 short-term rentals

28,004 total tourist beds

Source Portale GeoIDS of the Ufficio Tributi of the City of Venice • Data as of June 24, 2020

MYTH #1

“Airbnb fights overcrowding and reduces mass tourism concentration”

Airbnb Helps Fight Mass Tourism, Promotes Sustainable Travel by Airbnb (2018)

MYTH #2

“Airbnb is a people-to-people platform—we are of the people, by the people andfor the people—that provides economic empowerment by bringing real benefits to those who share their homes. Founded in 2008, Airbnb is democratizing capitalism [...]”

Airbnb Policy Tool Chest Report by Airbnb (2016)

Thank you

alice_corona

Data activist @ OCIO •  Inside Airbnb

18 Nov. 2020 • AirBnB and the Digital Services Act, organized by Greens/EFA in the European Parliament