EU countries agree to collect data from tourist rental platforms such as Airbnb

03-02-23

The EU is continuing its efforts to regulate tourist rentals and platforms such as Airbnb and improve their transparency. In this context, the EU-27 competitiveness ministers on Thursday backed the proposed regulation to improve the collection of data from tourist rental platforms, such as Airbnb or Booking, so that this information is shared with the public authorities in each country.

According to the Swedish Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch, the regulation will benefit short-term accommodation stakeholders as "hosts will have a simple registration procedure, platforms will have a single set of rules for the information they have to provide, travellers will be better protected against fraud and authorities will be able to regulate based on accurate and reliable data".