Net origin nights booked is how many nights are booked by people from a specific location – minus cancellations – and measures where travellers come from, not where they are travelling to. City of Sydney staff are formally investigating banning short stay accommodation rentals in select suburbs with critically low rental vacancy rates. Since New Year’s Day 2025, Victoria has charged a levy on short stay rentals, docking 7.5 per cent of the revenue from each property. Camera Icon Queensland has no statewide cap or tax on short stay rentals. Booking numbers across Asia Pacific rose by a figure in the “high teens”, as did specifically nights booked by Japanese citizens.