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Origin states are pricing out the mid-income nomad tier independently; receiving cities are reaching for tools that miss the commercial actors behind displacement.
Thailand's cabinet voted to scrap 60-day visa-free entry, cutting most arrivals to 30 days. Colombia, Mexico City and Barcelona moved in the same fortnight, each tightening who may stay and on what terms. The drivers differ by country; the effect converges on sorting mobile foreigners by what they can pay.
Read full update →EU Regulation 2024/1028 takes full effect today across the bloc. Five Mediterranean states can transmit listing data; Germany and the Netherlands cannot. The only named voice on day one is Airbnb's George Mavros. The European Commission has issued no readiness assessment, no compliance report, no infringement notice.
Read full update →EU Regulation 2024/1028 reaches full application on 20 May with the Mediterranean ready to enforce and the two largest northern markets still building portals. Greece, Georgia, Indonesia and Japan tighten in parallel. The destinations that looked stable six months ago are the ones now publishing the most operational risk.
Read full update →Spain's progressive coalition spent one week pulling housing policy in opposite directions: a EUR 7bn building plan on Wednesday, a tenant price-freeze defeated in Congress the following Tuesday. Georgia's fines on undocumented foreign workers begin on Friday. Bulgaria's nationalist wrecking party fell to 4.26%, leaving its month-old nomad permit untouched.
Read full update →The High Court of Justice of Madrid refused on 23 March 2026 to suspend a €64m fine against Airbnb, the first serious test of Europe's new short-term rental regime. Behind the ruling sits a wider pattern: Mexico City, Tbilisi, Lisbon and Sofia are all legislating faster than platforms and nomads can adapt, and the distributional fights underneath, over rents, staffing and national identity, are running at their own pace.
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