Annecy, overwhelmed by furnished vacationer lodging, will “re-oxygenate” its outdated city | EUROtoday

It is half previous twelve within the very full of life middle of the outdated city of Annecy. Under the cool solar of early autumn, a younger lady leaves an outdated constructing on Passage Nemours, a big purchasing bag on her shoulder, stuffed with spray cleansing merchandise. She has simply cleaned a vacationer rental. “Here, there is an Airbnb on the ground floor facing the street and one facing the courtyard, one on the first floor and the entire third floor, these are furnished”she explains, whereas one other younger woman slips into the slender courtyard with a bundle of fresh linen to alter the bedding. Of the eight mailboxes, solely two have a label with a reputation. The others, ajar, home 5 key containers, attribute of Airbnbs.

In this historic coronary heart of the capital of Haute-Savoie, famend for its pastel-colored homes, its cobbled streets, its canals, its entry to the lake and its view of the mountains, the municipality estimates that between 25% and 30% lodging has turn into furnished vacationer lodging. “The old town becomes a big hotelsummarizes François Astorg, mayor (various left) of Annecy, while we need housing, the municipality, businesses, restaurants have difficulty recruiting due to lack of housing. »

A lifelong resident of this area which has become so popular with Instagrammers, Brigitte Cottet, president of the Association of Residents of the Old Town of Annecy, walks the streets pointing out the new shops. “Airbnb powers take-aways [services de restauration à emporter]fast fashion, bars, so-called traditional restaurants that serve cheese in plastic”she complains. Overtourism has turned his neighborhood the other way up in lower than ten years. “It was a village, full of local shops, we all knew each other, people from all social classes and all origins. It has become a party district where it is impossible to find accommodationshe continues. So this text on Airbnb which has just been voted on in Parliament is truly a moral law. »

Much awaited text

After the Senate at the beginning of the week, it was the National Assembly which definitively adopted, Thursday, November 7, the bill “aiming to strengthen the regulatory tools for furnished tourist accommodation at the local level” deputies Annaïg Le Meur (Renaissance, Finistère) and Iñaki Echaniz (Socialist Party, Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

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