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This statistic presents the number of Airbnb listings recorded in a selection of French cities in 2021 and 2023, by city. While Paris is unsurprisingly the city in France with the highest number of Airbnb listings, their number decreased between 2021 and 2023. This decline can notably be explained by new measures taken by the capital to limit Airbnb, such as the decision to automatically block on the platform any primary residence offered for rent more than *** days per year.

Impacts and prospects for Airbnb in France:

Airbnb has firmly established itself as the second most popular travel booking platform among the French. Founded in 2008, the platform revolutionized the tourism accommodation sector by allowing individuals to rent out their homes. In 2023, with more than 448 million nights booked worldwide, Airbnb is considered a leader in online rentals. Especially in the city of Paris, which has the second largest number of Airbnb listings in Europe. With nearly * listings in 2023, the French capital received ** million euros in tourist taxes from Airbnb in 2022.

Increased rental market tension:

The Airbnb phenomenon exacerbates the imbalance in the real estate market. This is especially due to the growth of tourist accommodations in cities where rental market tension was already high. The shortage of rental housing alongside the proliferation of furnished tourist rentals has been added to the political agenda with the arrival of the Olympic Games in the capital. The Senate adopted the "anti-Airbnb" law on May 21, 2024, to significantly reduce the tax benefits encouraging renting on Airbnb to tourists rather than to local residents. This rental crisis weighs on the budgets of the French, where ** percent of their income is spent on housing.