September 9, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced over the weekend a ban on new short-term leases licenses in three municipal districts of Greek capital Athens. The measure is to be in effect for one year. Τhe measure is thought as a solution to the housing crisis in the country that has taken …
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May 29, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis indicated potential measures to tighten regulations on Airbnb and other short-term rentals, including considering a cap on rental days. “We have already enforced restrictions and requirements for those using Airbnb for commercial purposes. Additionally, we will discuss the appropriate duration for short-term rental of properties,” …
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February 20, 2024
Society, Very Mix
A police officer was arrested for robbing Airbnb apartments in the center of Athens. He had been suspended from duty a few months ago for drugs and weapons trafficking. Together with a 25-year-old accomplice, the 24-year-old police officer had managed to obtain a spare key for a specific Airbnb apartment …
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January 28, 2024
FEATURED, Lifestyle, Society
Dressed in black hundreds of mourning residents of Metaxourgio attended the “funeral” of one of the oldest and once iconic district of Athens The mourning locals gathered and marched through the streets of the area to demonstrate their opposition against gentrification and the “invasion” of Airbnb. Ηundreds of citizens gathered …
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September 21, 2023
Economy
Representatives of the short-term rentals sector as well as of the hotel sector, are in favor of the measures recently announced by the government regarding the imposition of VAT and accommodation fee. However, as they argue, there are some issues regarding the specific measures that have not yet been clarified, …
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July 10, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
The government is about to initiate changes in the legal framework and possibly taxation for some 145,000 residences in Greece. The increase in short-term rentals, with the revenues of the state almost tenfold over a period of four years and currently amounting to 530 million euros, is leading the government …
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November 6, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises SETE submitted its proposals for improving the institutional framework for the operation of the short-term rental market on Thursday, in a letter sent to Akis Skertsos, Minister of State, Vassilis Kikilias, Minister of Tourism and Theodoros Skylakakis, Deputy Minister of Finance. The proposals for …
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May 12, 2021
Economy, FEATURED
Legislative changes to be implemented from June 1 threaten to expel property owners in Greece from short term rental platforms like Airbnb etc if they do not comply with the provisions. Property owners who do not declare their properties in the Register of Short-Term Lease of Real Estate of AADE …
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September 17, 2020
Economy
Greek capital Athens are among an alliance of 22 cities from across Europe that urged the EU on Thursday to enact tougher rules on Airbnb and other short-term holiday rental platforms, accusing them of driving up property prices and squeezing out locals. Representatives from Paris, Barcelona, Florence, Berlin and other …
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March 25, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
With the coronavirus outbreak heading towards its peak in Greece, many health workers need free housing for several reasons. Some have been deployed to hospitals away from home and in other regions, others want to live alone in order to protect their families, especially the vulnerable family members. An initiate …
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February 4, 2020
Economy
The fashion of the short-term leases via the online platform Airbnb is slowly starting to go downwards both in terms of occupancy and prices According to daily tanea, more and more property owners in Athens and Attica abandon the short-term leases and return to traditional “tenants.” Fierce competition and rising …
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December 9, 2019
Tourism
Short-term rentals via online platforms like Airbnb need the consent of all apartment owners if the place to rent is in an apartment building. This was the ruling of a Greek court in Nafplio, a ruling that strikes a blow to the Airbnb market in the country. The One-Member Court …
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July 15, 2019
Economy
The Independent Authority for Public Revenues (AADE) on Sunday revealed that it has tracked down some 20,000 undeclared short-term rental properties on the Airbnb platform , which had not been added by their owners to the AADE electronic register. The authority has also found 130 property owners that had concealed …
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July 2, 2019
Economy
The Greek economy benefited from Airbnb by 1.4 billion US dollars in 2018, the online rentals platform said in a press release. Airbnb released statistics for over 30 countries about the “direct economic impact” of the platform. The data are based on host income and estimated guest spending- in USD …
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April 12, 2019
Very Mix
A luxury villa in Athens was banned from Airbnb and with a 9-month delay also from Booking.com after an Irish family found that the landlord had installed and hidden eight cameras were in “every room” including the bathroom. An Irish family were shocked to discover eight hidden cameras at an …
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February 26, 2019
Economy
The Greek government is planning to activate restrictions on short-term rentals via online platforms like Airbnb. Reason for the government plans is the dramatic increase of the phenomenon that has lead to affordable rental prices for locals. The ministries of Finance, Labor and Tourism are to set a committee assigned …
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January 26, 2019
Economy
Short-term lease via the platform Airbnb is spreading in Greece as more and more apartment and home owners prefer to lease to tourists and visitors. However, they are surprised to see that the revenues they were anticipated to earn are decreasing. Reason for this is the plethora of offer that …
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August 31, 2018
Economy
Greek tax authorities finally activated the platform for registrations for revenues from short-term rentals via online platforms like Airbnb, Home Away and others. The registration platform “Short Term Residence Rentals Registration” went in operation late Thursday night. It mainly concerns property owners, natural persons and legal entities, that lease their …
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April 24, 2018
Economy
Tax inspectors uncover tax evading Airbnb owners by pretending to be customers. According to Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), the trap has revealed a total of 55 Airbnbn tax evaders, so far. In some cases, the ‘fake customers’ even proceeded to booking an Airbnb flat. The first Airbnb …
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March 31, 2018
Economy
Greece’s Independent Public Revenues Authorities (ADAE) has announced that a surcharge imposed on hotel overnight stays also applies to furnished rooms-to-let and short-term leased apartments, the so-called Airbnb -type sector. The surcharge, between 50 cents and four euros per overnight stay, was imposed in 2016 as part of the leftist-rightist …
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