Tourism Law in Europe

Airbnb and the coronavirus crisis: "It took 12 years to build the company and we lost almost everything in a few weeks," announced the CEO and co-founder of the company, Brian Chesky. The covid-19 crisis hit Airbnb hard in early March 2020, when tourism stopped due to the Coronavirus. The demand for tourist accommodation stopped and as a result and Airbnb had to drastically reduce its costs, which led to the layoff of 1,900 people - 25% of its employees - and eliminated marketing expenses, among others. How does demand behave in times of pandemic? Low demand: March, April and May but rebound at the beginning of June, coinciding with the lifting of restrictive measures in most states of the world. What are the causes? The Airbnb CEO relates it to the increase in dmestic tourism and a redistribution of places people travel to. What has been the evolution in Spain? Regarding the demand for tourist accommodation, it stopped in the first three months of the pandemic (March, April and May). However, once the state of alarm was overcome, there was an exponential rise in the demand for holiday homes, compared to the demand for hotels. Different components influenced this reaction, such as the fear of contagion in hotels, fear of overcrowding, etc. It should be said that practically all the platforms that mediate in the vacation rental sector have adapted COVID conditions and policies. Which has increased the confidence of the guests. How does the CJEU doctrine issued in the airbnb ruling influence supply and demand? The CEO of Airbnb stated in his interview that as of June 26, Airbnb had hardly lost any accommodation from its platform. What's more, in Spain they had increased. What are the causes? the need for homeowners to make their property available to Airbnb for higher income in times of crisis. Since the judgment of the CJEU of 19.12.2019, in case Airbnb Ireland, the Airbnb platform is a service provider and as such is exempt from liability for the content it hosts. This implies the absence of control by Airbnb of the legality of the properties offered. Returning to the example of the Balearic Islands: since 2019, the platform has not been responsible for controlling the legality of the accommodation offered and it cannot be