# Lisbon: number of Airbnbs rises from 3 to 49,000 in 9 years (Expresso, 27 July 2019) * **Airbnb in Lisbon: Number of accommodations increases from 3 to 49 thousand in nine years** * Original headline in Portuguese: Airbnb em Lisboa.Número de alojamentos passa de 3 para 49 mil em nove anos * Published in Expresso on 27 July 2019 (behind the paywall) * * **Summary (via Google Translate)**: * The number of properties listed on the Airbnb booking platform rose **from just three in 2009 to 48,785 on 10/23/2018**, when the new local accommodation law came into force. * In just ten months of 2018, the number of properties listed on this digital platform grew more than in the first six years of Airbnb's presence on AML. * The top 25 homeowners on the Airbnb platform made almost € 25 million in one year * **Keywords**: Portugal, Lisbon, Airbnb, short-term rentals, affordability, tourism, tourist accommodation --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/access-to-housing/media-stories/2019/lisbon-number-of-airbnbs-rises-from-3-to-49-000-in-9-years-27-july-2019-expresso.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.