An enlightening article in the SMH (Feburary 24) reveals that in Sydney most Airbnbs were entire homes and flats.
‘The data dispelled the myth of home sharing and highlighted that commercial operators were turning their investment properties into illegal hotels at the expense of precious housing for residents’ and ‘short term party renters had created havoc in the industry’.
The essence of this article applies to Byron Bay.
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