Half of Bulgarian Holiday Rentals Set to Vanish from Airbnb and Booking Under New EU Rules

From May 20, 2026, around half of Bulgarian short-term rental listings are expected to disappear from platforms such as Airbnb and Booking, as new EU rules on digital registration and data exchange come into force. The information was reported by TravelNews, citing Boris Pavlov, chairman of the Bulgarian Association for Tourist Properties and Innovations (ATII) and founder of Flat Manager. The new framework requires platforms to automatically exchange data with national authorities and to list only properties that have a valid registration number issued by municipalities and entered into the Unified Tourist Information System (ESTI) under the Ministry of Tourism....