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Prague to tighten Airbnb rules
City wants to be able to limit the service in certain areas and types of property
Prague City Hall wants to change the law that regulates the operation of the accommodation through the Airbnb application. Accommodation providers, for example, would be obliged to give the city information on the residents, and Prague also wants to introduce the possibility to regulate Airbnb through decrees.
Last year, people booked 1.79 million overnight stays through Airbnb in Prague, which is 61 percent higher than the previous year
Providing information to the city on accommodated people is intended to make it easier and more effective to check on whether the local occupancy taxes are properly paid.
In connection with this, Prague supports an amendment to the Local Fees Act, which would allow the collection and payment of the taxes directly to the intermediary of shared accommodation based on a contract with the city
Other cities have faced similar problems to those of Prague and have sought to regulate Airbnb. In Berlin, accommodation can only be provided by someone who lives in the real estate. Offenders face large fines
Airbnb has been operating in the Czech Republic since 2009. In addition to Airbnb, there are similar services such as
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