Tag: Airbnb

The new Noosa Plan is out for consultation with a brave new vision for the future of our shire. We get to look into the future and see what sort of place our civic leaders envisage Noosa will become. Get ready for Noosa Resort Inc.

The headline in Noosa news of July 13th reads ‘Council leads in short stay policy?’. Apparently (according to the beginning of the article) State Tourism Minister Kate Jones has already developed a code of conduct for hosts and guests using short stay letting…… but read on…….

These days complaints about Airbnb's negative impacts are a loudly squeaking wheel. The public and council react whilst local Airbnb hosts count their blessings...

There have always been holiday houses and apartments to let in holiday destinations, but the internet has brought something new into the mix, and multi-national corporations like Airbnb are there to exploit the opportunities and rake in the money. Will the new Noosa Plan solve the problem locally?

The complexities of the short-term rental phenomenon are well worth debating and in April a public meeting held jointly by resident’s groups NSRRA and CARA and attended by over 200 people showed that just as its impacts are various, so too no one solution will fix the obvious anomalies.