Hospitality Greek Hoteliers See Short-term Rental Phenomenon Growing Excessively by GTP editing team 3 September 2018 written by GTP editing team 3 September 2018 0 comments Share 0FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 18 Hellenic Chamber of Hotels President Alexandros Vassilikos on Monday underlined that the short-term rental phenomenon is growing excessively in Greece, creating conditions of unfair competition for the hotel industry. Hellenic Chamber of Hotels President Alexandros Vassilikos. In an announcement, Vassilikos said that the recent launch of the electronic registry for property owners leasing their homes for short-term accommodation via online sharing platforms (such as Airbnb) is the “first positive step” towards controlling the phenomenon. However, according to Vassilikos, the electronic registry, which aims to crack down on unregistered properties being rented for the short term via sharing economy platforms, was very late in taking off. “Unfortunately, we are taking the first step while we should be making the fifth as the short-term rental phenomenon continues to grow excessively, without any regulatory framework, creating a series of problems that the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels has detected since 2012,” Vassilikos said. The hotel chamber’s president called for the government to become more involved in the problems Greek hotels are facing, which are affected both by the unfair competition of short-term rentals and by overtaxation that is detrimental to their competitiveness. Vassilikos added that the government must also directly deal with the multidimensional adverse effects of the short-term rental phenomenon that includes high rent prices (for the long term) and safety/hygiene issues, which are burdening the Greek society. Hellenic Hoteliers Federation: More must be done Hellenic Hoteliers Federation President Grigoris Tasios. On his part, the president of the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers (POX), Grigoris Tasios, said that Greece’s online registry for short-term rentals, although an obvious solution, is not enough in solving the excessive spreading of short-term rental properties. “Further regulation of this activity is needed and intensified supervision of the application of the law in order to eliminate the excessiveness,” Tasios said. “The increase in visitor arrivals to our country is not reflected in overnight hotel stays. This difference is ‘lost’ in the ‘gray’ reality of short-term rentals, while Greek hotels are battling to keep up with overtaxation and continue to offer the Greek economy and society,” he added. Follow GTP Headlines on Google News to keep up to date with all the latest on tourism and travel in Greece. Share 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail GTP editing team This is the team byline for GTP. The copyrights for these articles are owned by GTP. They may not be redistributed without the permission of the owner. previous post Kountoura Discusses Tourism Promotion of Hydra with Island’s Mayor next post Ferry Strike in Greece to Continue on Tuesday, Sept. 4 You may also like Greece’s Hotel Market Sees Major Investments Over Four Months 5 February 2025 Greek Tourism Ministry Monitors Santorini Situation as Seismic Activity Continues 5 February 2025 Global Air Passenger Demand Reaches Record High in 2024, IATA Reports 5 February 2025 Greek PM Reassures Public About Santorini’s Ongoing Seismic Activity 5 February 2025 Milos: Ministry Suspends 5-star Hotel Construction Near Sarakiniko Beach 5 February 2025 ELIME and HELMEPA Join Forces for Safer, More Sustainable Greek Ports 5 February 2025 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ