Airbnb market in Brussels

Airbnb claims that it enables people to let their room or house sporadically to tourists and expats and that this allows travelers to experience the more authentic, non-touristic neighborhoods of a city. A new study from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel funded by Innoviris shows that almost half of the dwellings on Airbnb in Brussels Capital Region are offered by ’investors’ and ’professionals’ and that they are highly clustered in the touristic hotspots and the European quarter.

11.427 dwellings on Airbnb in 2019

In 2019, 11.427 dwellings were offered on the Airbnb platform in Brussels Capital Region. ...