Exceltur , a sector of Spanish Tourism,reported that last year more beds were listed by home rental services such as Airbnb than in hotels. Spain and other similar sights totaled 53.3 beds in Spain at last year compared to 2.4 million at hotels and other traditional lodgings. It also warned that they could cost state coffers up to 800 million ($895 million) euros in lost tax earnings due to undeclared earnings. But Exceltur said online home rental services generated just 9.8 jobs per a record 65 million beds compared to 53.3 jobs per 100 tourist beds at a hotel causing concern to the industry as tourism accounts for one in nine jobs in the country.
Exceltur , a sector of Spanish Tourism,reported that last year more beds were listed by home rental services such as Airbnb than in hotels. Spain and other similar sights totaled 53.3 beds in Spain at last year compared to 2.4 million at hotels and other traditional lodgings. But Exceltur said online home rental services generated just 9.8 jobs per a record 65 million beds compared to 53.3 jobs per 100 tourist beds at a hotel causing concern to the industry as tourism accounts for one in nine jobs in the country.