A Phillip Island property owner is weighing up whether or not he puts his home in the short-stay accommodation pool as the council adds new obligations for hosts.
abc.net.au/news/bass-coast-short-term-accommodation-controls-victoria-airbnb/102855626Peter and his family have been visiting Phillip Island in Victoria's Bass Coast region for the past 25 years.The Victorian government will reportedly consider a short-term accommodation levy as high as 7.
As of this week, people who use their properties as short-term accommodation in the Bass Coast will face added obligations as local laws come into effect. He said short-term accommodation raised issues with waste management, guest behaviour and availability of affordable accommodation.Nearly two million people visit the Bass Coast annually, and there are estimates that number will grow to more than four million by 2035.
Like in many tourism hotspots, tensions have long been simmering in the Bass Coast between holiday makers and permanent residents."The ones that aren't well managed, they become effectively party houses," he said. "It strictly says on all the paperwork, no parties … we try to avoid those danger clashes as much as we can or else it causes a lot of work," he said.Mr O'Garey said his agency used about eight different websites to manage accommodation bookings.One of the biggest short-stay accommodation platforms, AirBnb, is calling for a broader approach to regulation.
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