{"id":961311,"date":"2023-01-18T14:13:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelwest.com.au\/?p=358101"},"modified":"2023-01-18T14:13:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:13:18","slug":"byron-bay-blue-spotlights-tensions-between-airbnb-mafia-and-grassroots-community-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/01\/18\/byron-bay-blue-spotlights-tensions-between-airbnb-mafia-and-grassroots-community-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Bay blue spotlights tensions between \u201cAirbnb mafia\u201d and grassroots community groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelwest.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Oasis-Birdeye-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Airbnb, Byron Bay\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelwest.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Oasis-Birdeye-1200x800-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/michaelwest.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Oasis-Birdeye-1200x800-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/div>Pandemic lockdowns crushed Airbnb, Stayz and other short-term rental operators but the market has bounced back sharply, creating tensions in popular tourist destinations between councils, community groups and well-heeled property owners. Callum Foote reports on the case of ritzy Byron Bay.\u00a0\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelwest.com.au\/byron-bay-blue-spotlights-tensions-between-airbnb-mafia-and-grassroots-community-groups\/\">Michael West<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pandemic lockdowns crushed Airbnb, Stayz and other short-term rental operators but the market has bounced back sharply, creating tensions in popular tourist destinations between councils, community groups and well-heeled property owners. Callum Foote r&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1876,45736],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":961580,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961311\/revisions\/961580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}