JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Hariyadi Sukamdani suggested the existence of Airbnb needs to be regulated by regulations including the regional level as Singapore does to provide legal certainty."The daily accommodation must be in the form of a hotel," said PHRI Chairman Hariyadi Sukamdani as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, December 3.Airbnb is an online marketplace that provides private room rental services, apartments, villas, and houses on a daily basis.In that country, he said, if guests live for a long period of time or a contract of at least three months, then the property is in the form of an apartment.The role of apartment residents or local communities is also involved by reporting to the government if a daily rented apartment is found."In Singapore, rules are enforced so that apartment owners in one building will report to the government if neighbors receive daily rent and that is very effective," he said.This method, he said, makes the average hotel room occupancy rate in Singapore reach 78 percent even though the room price per night in neighboring countries is quite expensive.He hopes that this method can be applied in Indonesia, one of which is in Bali Province, where the majority of its economy is driven by the tourism sector and is currently experiencing problems related to the occupancy rate of licensed hotels.The reason is that the existence of accommodation is complained by tourism actors and local governments, including in Bali, because it does not contribute to local revenue (PAD) and has an impact on the continuity of the licensed accommodation service industry.In practice, he added, unlicensed accommodation is actually run by foreign nationals with a profit sharing pattern between the online platform centered in the United States and the property owner."The mistake is that they don't sell in terms of accommodation services that should be. The pattern of economic sharing has become a problem in various countries," he said. SEE ALSO: Sementara itu, Ketua PHRI Bali Tjok Oka Arta Ardana Sukawati menambahkan skema Airbnb di Bali yaitu rumah atau properti warga dikontrak oleh warga negara asing (WNA), yang kemudian oleh WNA itu disewakan kembali kepada tamu lainnya lewat skema daring.Adapun saat ini, tingkat hunian hotel di Bali diperkirakan mencapai rata-rata 60 persen.Okupansi itu tidak sebanding dengan kedatangan wisatawan khususnya mancanegara terus meningkat yang pada 2024 mencapai 6,3 juta orang atau melampaui periode sebelum pandemi COVID-19. SEE ALSO: Meanwhile, the Chairman of PHRI Bali Tjok Oka Arta Ardana Sukawati added that the Airbnb scheme in Bali, namely houses or property for residents, was contracted by foreign nationals (WNA), which was then leased back to other guests through an online scheme.Meanwhile, the hotel occupancy rate in Bali is estimated to reach an average of 60 percent.This occupancy is not comparable to the arrival of tourists, especially foreign countries, which in 2024 will continue to increase, reaching 6.3 million people or surpassing the period before the COVID-19 pandemic. The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)