Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, All these outcomes you mention are just symptoms of distortions caused by bad policy making, not the cause. Politicians love to pass bad laws for short term political gain, and the genie, once it escapes from the bottle, seldom goes back in. Invariably, policies cause distortions in the economy - it is inevitable. There is no free lunch - for example, in this case, you cannot have tourist money and peace/calm from no tourists at the same time! Secondly, IMHO, most people are quite rational in their decision making, so there has to be some economic reason why landlords prefer a seasonal rent through AirBnB to a full year of rent from a local renter. If it was India, the reason would be obvious to anyone who lives here - the local state laws overwhelmingly favour tenants over landlords, to the extent that rents could not be raised and tenancy could be inherited as well - a terrible law put in place to make housing affordable to local renters. All that happened is the stock completely dried up in cities like Mumbai, causing the very problem it was meant to ease, as landlords prefered to keep residences locked up rather than rent it out. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 4:17?PM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > Jayanand, > > It's not just Spain; we have a bit of what they call "resistance" in > Wales and Cornwall, also in parts of France too and in Italy. > > The feeling is that in some places people are buying properties just to > AirBnB them, thereby depriving locals of potential accommodation. I > understand that in Spain it is particularly bad, but no doubt Nathan > will fill us in. > > It is also related to over-tourism, in part raised by increased > ecological and environmental concerns. Venice is a good example. > > In France our local Commune has decided to close the largest parking > space on market days because of the sheer numbers of tourists. They fear > that because of the very few roads and the sheer weight of people, there > is a disaster waiting to happen and it would be difficult, if not > impossible, for the emergency services to get through. > > The reality is that the village has been oversold as a beautiful > destination for many years. As an acquaintance said "well, it's > beautiful, but not that beautiful!" > > Interestingly, it's a decision that must have been approved by the Mayor. > > Peter > > PS The Commune is Gordes in the Vaucluse > > On 29/05/2025 07:23, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > > Don't Airbnb properties belong to Spaniards? Spain as a whole would lose > > economically. Looks like a classical NIMBY viewpoint implying a desire to > > cut one's nose to spite one's face. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 10:44?AM Nathan Wajsman via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > >> A very enjoyable week, with events centred on our art club, but also an > >> excellent Greek lunch and some nice landscapes to start the week. And > our > >> poor Mochi has been neutered against my protests. That is why I called > him > >> a victim of feminist aggression. It?s all here: > >> > >> https://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4677 > >> > >> And as always, comments and critique are welcome and apprec, iated. > >> > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> photo at frozenlight.eu > >> > >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> @nwajsman.bsky.social > >> > >> ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Dr. Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information