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Airbnb’s commitment to support responsible tourism in Hungary

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Key Takeaways

  • Airbnb will support the Hungarian tourism agency with the enforcement of the new registration obligation.
  • Airbnb introduces product updates to make it easier for Hosts to follow the rules.
  • Airbnb to launch the City Portal in Hungary to increase transparency in the home sharing sector.

Key Takeaways

  • Airbnb will support the Hungarian tourism agency with the enforcement of the new registration obligation.
  • Airbnb introduces product updates to make it easier for Hosts to follow the rules.
  • Airbnb to launch the City Portal in Hungary to increase transparency in the home sharing sector.

Today, Airbnb is announcing a set of commitments to support the recovery of tourism in Hungary. Airbnb is committed to the tools and policies necessary to help ensure that travel returns in a responsible and sustainable way – in Budapest and beyond. To this end, Airbnb is making five commitments to Hungary: 

  1. To support the dispersal of tourism in Budapest and the Greater Budapest area after the pandemic by collaborating with the Hungarian Tourism Agency, spreading the economic benefits of tourism across the region and to more people.
  2. To protect communities from noise and nuisance by launching Airbnb’s Neighborhood Support Line in Hungary, which allows anyone with noise or nuisance concerns to contact Airbnb directly.
  3. To support the enforcement of local regulations, by voluntarily making the online digital registration system (NTAK) mandatory for new listings, in collaboration with the Hungarian Government.
  4. To share neighborhood-level data with Budapest and the Hungarian Government via the City Portal, to help it leverage Airbnb’s economic impact in local communities. 
  5. To leverage the benefits of home sharing for the City of Budapest, Airbnb wants to collaborate on the automated collection and remittance of tourist tax via the Airbnb platform. 

“We want to be good partners to Hungary and work with leaders to help local families share their homes, follow the rules and protect housing. In the future, Hosts in Hungary will only be able to launch new listings, if they provide the NTAK registration number or contact information. With this commitment, we want to increase accountability and transparency for home sharing in Hungary. We are committed to working together with everyone in Budapest and beyond to grant access to the information and tools they need to regulate home sharing, and to leverage its economic benefits.”

Vladimir Beroun, Public Policy Manager for Central and Eastern Europe at Airbnb

These commitments come as Airbnb welcomes the progress made on EU short-term rental regulation. As part of our work with governments and tourism organisations across Europe, we support an EU-wide approach to short-term rentals and in Central and Eastern Europe, Airbnb welcomes the on-going collaboration with the Hungarian Tourism Agency, City of Krakow and City of Bratislava, to ensure that travel recovers in a way that is safe, sustainable and benefits everyone. 
Read more about: City Portal, parternships

About Airbnb

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals across over 220 countries and regions. Travel on Airbnb keeps more of the financial benefits of tourism with the people and places that make it happen. Airbnb has generated billions of dollars in earnings for Hosts, most of whom are individuals listing the homes in which they live. Among Hosts who report their gender, more than half are women, and one in five employed Hosts are either teachers or healthcare workers. Travel on Airbnb also has generated more than $4 billion in tax revenue around the world. Airbnb has helped advance more than 1,000 regulatory frameworks for short-term rentals, including in 80% of our top 200 geographies. In late 2020, to support our continued expansion and diversification, we launched the City Portal to provide governments with a one-stop shop that supports data sharing and compliance with local registration rules. We continue to invest in innovations and tools to support our ongoing work with governments around the world to advance travel that best serves communities.

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