Airbnb can be positive for the community

Summary

Readers respond to an article by Arwa Mahdawi on some self-catering hosts calling for a strike in response to new guidelines Regarding Arwa Mahdawi’s article ( Airbnb feels like a soulless rip-off – and its hosts are revolting, 28 October ), I’m really sick of being scapegoated. I’m aware that Airbnb has negatively impacted some urban communities, but without the income from the two self-catering cottages on my family croft, I couldn’t afford to live in Wester Ross, raise my kids here, spend my money in the village stores and volunteer as a community councillor for the last 25 years. There…

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