Image 1: Guest nights spent at short-rent accommodation (2019).14 The booking of accommodation and doing business in the tourism sector via collaborative economy platforms are shown to be favourable for citizens, micro-entrepreneurs and SMEs. Following the negative impact on tourism in the EU caused by the COVID-10 pandemic, and after many countries lifted the restrictions in 2021, we again witness a gradual recovery of tourism activities involving short-term rentals.15 14 Image taken from Eurostat: Short-stay accommodation offered via online collaborative economy platforms, December 2021. 15 Eurostat: Short-stay accommodation offered via online collaborative economy platforms - impact of the Covid-19, June 2022.
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