July 18, 2016
Few cities have taken such a hardline against Airbnb as Berlin. In May, a new law went into effect there that makes renting out entire apartments on sites like Airbnb illegal. Two months later, though, there are still hundreds of “entire homes” available to rent within the city’s borders on Airbnb. So Berlin residents who blame the city’s rising rental prices on Airbnb’s growth have launched a #BoycottAirbnb movement, placing graphic ads around the city urging tourists not to use the site. The ads feature Airbnb’s logo transformed into a noose and naughty parts of the human anatomy….
Source: http://fusion.net/story/326608/berlin-campaign-tourists-airbnb/