There’s no doubt that the majority of Yorkshire tourism comes from the jewel coastline as millions of people flock to coastal towns and villages for holidays. While this is generally considered good, according to Daily Mail’s finance website This Is Money, Britain’s coastline is seeing a sharp increase of holiday lets on the website Airbnb.
Many areas have decided to resist this rapid development. Whitby residents voted in the polls in 2022 to restrict the sales of second homes, according to the money website, collating to more than 90 per cent of residents voting to bring in limitations. Regardless of these new rules, Whitby has a population of 13,129 and yet there are still 744 Airbnbs in the town. 24 areas in Britain with the most holiday lets per person Here is the full list compiled by Daily Mail’s This Is Money website.