PARIS - French hoteliers cheered on Wednesday a Paris City Council decision making it mandatory from December for people renting their apartments on short-term rental websites such as Airbnb to register their property with the town hall. An Airbnb spokesman said the rental website would comply with the new rules and ensure its clients knew about it. Like a lot of big cities, Paris is cracking down on illegal tourist rentals and trying to regulate and limit the legal element of the phenomenon. Due to pressure from hoteliers and officials Airbnb has agreed to charge visitors the traditional French "tourist tax". It began collecting the tax from guests in Paris in 2015 and now collects it in 50 French cities.

Source: Bangkok Post July 06, 2017 09:11 UTC