'Robin Hood' activists glue shut Airbnb lockboxes to protest overtourism in Italy

This comes as 30 million people are expected to visit Rome for the Jubilee Year next year

The anonymous campaigners glued shut about 80 lockboxes in Trastevere, one of the many areas in Italy which has been an increase in the number of tourists staying in short-term rentals, such as Airbnb.

A group of activists inspired by Robin Hood have sabotaged lockboxes that provide access to Airbnb rentals in an anti-tourism protest in Rome.

The anonymous campaigners glued shut about 80 lockboxes in Trastevere, one of the many areas in Italy which has been an increase in the number of tourists staying in short-term rentals, such as Airbnb.