“This measure makes no sense”, according to the general manager of Airbnb France

Clément Eulry, general manager of Airbnb for France and Belgium, was the guest of franceinfo on Monday.

“This measure makes no sense“, reacts this Monday on franceinfo Clément Eulry, general director of Airbnb for France and Belgium, while Parliament authorizes mayors to reduce from 120 to 90 the number of days per year where an individual can rent his main residence on a platform, like Airbnb The government wants to better regulate the furnished tourist market to avoid abuse.

“If the objective is housing, this measure makes no sense. It has no impact on housing. These are primary residences, your home, that you could no longer rent as many days a year as before.”he explains.

According to him, this measure “only has a negative impact on purchasing power, on tourist reception capacity, on the local economy and the generation of tourist tax for the municipality“. “No interest, no positive impact for housing, only negative impacts. Why take this measure? This is the subject“, adds Clément Eulry.

On the occasion of the French Mayors' Show, which starts Tuesday in Paris, the Airbnb platform is launching a national access portal to its data for French cities, Franceinfo revealed this Monday.