Local Whitefish residents are increasingly at odds with the tourism industry's impact on the city, even as visitation levels have tapered off since the frantic summers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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In recent years, more and more people have been drawn to the good thing Whitefish has going on. Locals fear that surging popularity and skyrocketing cost of living could push out the very characters that make this place so special.
Internet-based service firms such as Airbnb, Vacasa and VRBO had been bumping up against short-term rental caps in Oregon towns. So they began aggressively soliciting property owners in unincorporated seaside neighborhoods.