Mexico: 20% of tourists who visit La Paz, stay with platforms such as Airbnb

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

The president of the Association of Hotel and Tourism Companies of La Paz (Emprhotur), Agustín Olachea Nogueda, announced that of the total number of tourists visiting the capital of BCS, approximately 20% use digital platforms, mainly Airbnb, to stay .

And, it is estimated that some 300,000 tourists from all over the world arrive in La Paz, of which some 60,000 prefer to rent a house, apartment or even a room, through these tools, than to stay in a hotel, as it was regularly done.

The trend is rising in popularity, and Olachea Noguedalo knows. The hotel manager said that this type of service is welcome because they contribute to the development of the state; However, he insisted that they must be well regulated by the authorities, so that they comply with their fiscal commitments, as any hotel in Mexico would do.

Although Airbnb is the leader in this market so far, it is expected that in the coming years the offer will be diversified with more competitors in the sector; faced with this, the head of Emphrotur urged governments to regulate more to avoid realities such as those that are being experienced in some areas of Europe, where entire neighborhoods have become gigantic hotels.

In this regard, the head of the Ministry of Tourism, Luis Araiza, stressed that the Government of the State has already joined Airbnb to a fiscal scheme since January, when it began to pay the Lodging Tax as would any other type of business that has this turn.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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