The study also shows that in July of this year, the hosts in Prague offered a total of 6972 accommodation units via Airbnb, ie 7,000 less than in 2019. It is therefore clear that a pandemic has been signed. The largest number of these apartments is still located in the historic center, in the Old Town occupy 14.5% of all apartments. Absolutely the most of them are in the New Town. Interestingly, one host often manages up to 10 units. More than 18,700 people could be accommodated in Prague via Airbnb at one time. Most of Airbnb’s offers in Prague are separate apartments and houses, only a small part of the offers are beds in shared rooms with the landlord.

The analysis also mentions the individual approaches of European cities to the phenomenon of short-term accommodation. It is very common to limit the number of days a year when real estate can be provided to tourists. In Paris it is 120 days, in Amsterdam even only 30 days.

“We asked the deputies to change the Trade Licensing Act so that we could limit the number of overnight stays in one year or set the maximum number of people accommodated. However, the previous Chamber did not discuss our proposal to change the law until the elections, and because according to the Act on the Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Deputies it is not possible to discuss . We did so without delay, immediately after the Chamber of Deputies elected the leadership at its first meeting. “ says the councilor Hana Kordová Marvanová.

All providers have short-term accommodation with us the obligation to pay the residence fee. Online platforms are also obliged to share information with the Czech authorities. If they do not do so, they risk a fine of up to a million. The problem is that the vast majority of platforms are located abroad, so it is difficult to enforce.

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