PHOTO: Professor Nicole Gurran, chair of urban and regional planning and policy at University of Sydney. Source:News Limited

QUEENSLAND’S Airbnb listings have doubled in just 18 months, with more than 13 per cent of all housing in one of the state’s key holiday hotspots now short-term rental accommodation.

A study by researchers at the University of Sydney has found at least one in 10 properties in Douglas Shire in the state’s north are now listed on online rental platforms.

The report also found that in just over 18 months — from April 2016 to December 2017 — the number of Airbnb listings doubled in Queensland.

 

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