parisienne,"n "ththe the firm's sum is more than double the amount from the previous year. it is incrcreased use of the hoe rental platform. some say the company still is not paying enough in texas. taxrter: the tourist collllectedd by airbnb doubled n 2019 compared with thehe previos year. to 28,000 euros paid cities, towns, and villages. paris comes at the top, with 1 5 million euros, followed by marseilles and nice. tourist hubs including villages in the alps or on the french riviera have also collelected hefty amounts. the tourist tax is paid by airbnb users whoho have rented apartments. increased because the site now collects the tax automatically. until two years ago, users had to declare the amount they owed on their own, and few complied with the law. french legislators voted a bill that forces companies like airbnb to transmit data like the number of visitors renting out homes. the tourist tax has also increased because more people have been using airbnb. were already 16 million of them in france alone. the figures have been released as the platform has been critic