Recently, major Spanish tourist centers Madrid and Barcelona decided to impose a restriction on short-term rentals in order to protect the interests of the local population.
It became known that Prague may follow the example of these cities, as residents of the Czech capital suffer from an overabundance of tourists and rising prices for apartment rentals.
A bill regulating short-term rental housing has been approved in the Czech Republic.It will allow regions and cities to limit the number of days for which real estate can be rented, as well as raise local taxes on guest houses, equating them with hotels, with all the obligations that follow.
Each property will need to be registered on a platform called eTurista and receive a registration number there. Rental property owners will be required to enter the details of their guests.
Currently, 40 to 70% of online bookings are not registered, and the treasury does not receive 32 million euros in taxes annually.
Source: TimeOut