Local accommodation by Airbnb earned 43 million euros – Daily News – Lisbon

Lisbon. average monthly income of owners is 530 euros. Number of guests who used the short term rental through the Airbnb platform doubled in the last year

The number of guests received on-site accommodation in Lisbon, through the Airbnb platform, doubled last year. In 2015, they settled in the Portuguese capital in rental regime short, 433,000 guests. The previous year had been 213,000.

According to a report released yesterday by the company, almost half a million guests surrendered to homeowners 42.8 million euros. The average income of an Airbnb host (in practice a site where they can be made available homes for rent, and which can also be made to reserve) is 530 euros per month. – The value of the national minimum wage

in the estimates of Airbnb, the economic return to the city have risen in 2015 to 268 million euros – in addition to the 42 million paid to owners, they will have been spent 225 million in trade and local services. At the head arise restaurants (37%), followed by shopping (21%), entertainment (15%), transport (13%) and in supermarket shopping (12%).

the numbers of Lisbon yesterday presented by Airbnb contrast with the national whole, reflecting the tourist boom that we are witnessing in the capital. Considering the whole country, the average monthly income of the owners who put a property on Airbnb is 290 euros, well below the average in Lisbon.

The number of days that the house is occupied by guests is also lower -. 68 in the country, 76 in Lisbon

in the case of capital, the average length of stay is 4.1 nights – higher than the hotels, where to stay round, as a rule, the two nights .

a growing phenomenon

the lodging in visible growth in the capital, has been touted as one of the main factors contributing to the rise in income and the decrease in the number of houses available in the traditional rental market. According to figures from the Association of Professionals and Real Estate Companies in Portugal (APEMIP), the number of houses for rent fell more than 30% in recent years, a phenomenon that is felt particularly in Lisbon and Porto. The decrease in the number of houses has matched a rise in rents.

 On the other hand, the numbers of local accommodation has been increasing: currently about five thousand buildings registered for short stays. And this number does not necessarily reflect the reality of local accommodation.

Yesterday, in an interview with Antena1, Secretary of State for Tourism, Ana Mendes Godinho, admitted that the rental houses to tourists is a sector where there is great tax evasion. The official said, in fact, a partnership with Airbnb to end cases of illegal lease. Another area where the government is preparing to intervene is for tax purposes, as the short term rental currently has a more favorable tax treatment than permanent accommodation: in the latter case the owners pay a 28% tax on the total income . In the short term rental rate concerns only a slice of 15%.

The uniformity of the tax system has been one of the demands of the Association of Lisbonenses Tenants (AIL), who also advocates restrictions on local accommodation. “If the government and the camera are not realize what has happened in other cities such as Barcelona, ​​some time from now we will have serious problems of sustainability,” says the president of AIL, Romao Lavadinho, adding that this phenomenon can push to the periphery especially the younger population. “They can not bear not to purchase or lease,” he says. The AIL claims that in buildings where there is a permanent lease, can not coexist the short term rental to tourists.