Future
Urban Legacy
Lab

Airbnb in Italian cities: the figures, regulation and challenges

conference

Main lecture hall (aula magna) at the Lingotto campus of the Politecnico di Torino, 230 Via Nizza - Turin
22 May 2026
09:00 - 13:00

The conference will present a preview of the findings of a study commissioned by a network of Italian universities, coordinated by FULL – Future Urban Legacy Lab at the Politecnico di Torino, on the growth of Airbnb in major Italian cities between 2017 and 2024.

A detailed overview will be provided of the key characteristics of the short-term rental sector (from its prevalence to its economic performance, from its geographical distribution to the profiles of those managing the listings), illustrating how it has evolved over the years and outlining the situation in various Italian cities. Against the backdrop of the findings from the research, a discussion will take place on the main regulatory approaches in Italy and Europe, exploring their limitations, potential, constraints and effects.


Free admission. You can follow the conference online via this link.

Contact: full@polito.it

On this page, you can find further information about the research underpinning the conference, and you can download the reports containing the data as they become available.


Research groups participating in the project and due to speak at the conference:

  • BARI – Mariella Annese, Fabrizio Di Alessandro, Gianfranco Viesti (Politecnico Bari)
  • BOLOGNA – Alessandro Bozzetti, Silvia Bartolucci (UniBologna)
  • CAGLIARI – Abir Benfradj, Michele Campagna, Laura Tolu (UniCagliari)
  • CATANIA – Eliana Fischer, Teresa Graziano, Laura Saija (UniCatania)
  • FIRENZE – Marco Bellandi, Alice Calamandrei, Giulia Chiara Ceresa, Valentina D’Ippolito, Federico Martellozzo, Camilla Perrone, Massimo Tofanelli (UniFirenze)
  • GENOVA – Lorenzo Barbanera, Emanuele Cinti, Igor Costarelli, Niccolò Morelli, Francesca Zagagni (UniGenova)
  • MILANO – Valeria Marina Borodi, Silvia Mugnano, Riccardo Ramello (UniMilano – Bicocca)
  • NAPOLI – Gaia del Giudice, Cristina Mattiucci (UniNapoli – Federico II), Cecilia Pasquinelli (UniNapoli Parthenope)
  • PADOVA – Francesco Mauro, Lorenza Perini, Michelangelo Savino (UniPadova)
  • PALERMO – Chiara Giubilaro, Marco Picone (UniPalermo)
  • REGGIO CALABRIA – Benedetta Chiaro, Angelo Chiaro, Gabriella Pultrone (UniReggio Calabria)
  • ROMA – Antonia Astore, Carlo Cellammare (UniRoma – Sapienza), Luca Tricarico (CNR)
  • TRIESTE – Elena Marchigiani, Valentina Novak, Andrea Peraz (UniTrieste)
  • VENEZIA – Matteo Basso, Gianfranco Pozzer (IUAV), Giacomo-Maria Salerno (UniSiena)
Access to the conference:
free
Link to follow the event remotely:

Programme

9:00 – 10:45
Who manages Airbnb in Italian cities?
Presentation of the results of the AirMap study on the prevalence of Airbnb in major Italian cities
Coordinators: Marco Allegra (University of Coimbra/FULL) and Matteo Beltramo (PoliTO/FULL)
Contributions from the local research groups of the participating universities.

11:00–12:00
Regulating short-term tourist rentals: where do we stand today? European and Italian experiences
Speakers:
Filippo Celata (La Sapienza University, Rome)
Agustín Cocola-Gant (Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona)
Christian Smigiel (University of Salzburg)
Co-ordinated by Francesco Chiodelli (UniTO/FULL)

12:00–13:00
Regions and local authorities facing the challenges of Airbnb

Speakers:
Laura Lieto (Councillor for Urban Planning, City of Naples)
Gianni Anselmi (Chair of the Committee on Economic and Rural Development, Regione Toscana).
Moderated by Loris Servillo (PoliTO/FULL)

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Future
Urban Legacy
Lab

FULL is a research center of the Politecnico di Torino. We explore, imagine and design the future of the territory and of the urban legacies.

@OGR Tech – Corso Castelfidardo, 22
10128 Torino – Italy
full@polito.it

Future
Urban Legacy
Lab

FULL is a research center of the Politecnico di Torino. We explore, imagine and design the future of the territory and of the urban legacies.

@OGR Tech – Corso Castelfidardo, 22
10128 Torino – Italy
full@polito.it