Except they're getting tax breaks, it's in the title of the article. The only winners from this will be landlords and property owners.

This bullshit trickle down from well-off tourists with laptops we keep getting parroted is a scam, that doesn't benefit the average joe there who now has to deal with even more expensive housing.

Why do you think all countries whose economies profit the most from tourists and "digital nomads" (most of Southern Europe), also have the highest wealth inequality, crappiest wages and most unaffordable housing for the locals causing all their youth to emigrate? Where are all those benefits for them you keep talking about? Their economies should be booming by now, and yet they aren't.

If you wanna improve your economy you want to attract companies and investors who fund companies and create well paying jobs in the country for the locals, not techbros who can outspend the locals, as that's just economic colonialism that only benefits the asset owning class. Turning your country into a coworking space for remote workers to party, won't fix your economy or benefit the average locals.