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Overtourism and online short-term rental platforms in Italian cities

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that the diffusion of short-term tourist attraction can be traced to the increasing concern about overtourism in Italy, and they suggest that this concern can be attributed to short-terrestrial travel.
Abstract: Although Italian cities have undergone several waves of touristification, concerns about overtourism have only recently become widespread. In the article, we suggest that the diffusion of short-ter...
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TL;DR: The digital information age has changed global tourism in profound ways as mentioned in this paper, and it has become pervasive, and they have become inextricably linked with contemporary contemporary c.t.
Abstract: The digital information age has changed global tourism in profound ways. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are pervasive, and they have become inextricably linked with contemporary c...

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the Gòtic area in Barcelona, using quantitative and qualitative techniques, revealing a process of population restructuring characterised by a decrease of long-term residents and inhabited dwellings, and the arrival of young and transnational gentrifiers that are increasingly mobile and form a transient population.
Abstract: The pre-pandemic unbridled growth of tourism has triggered a significant debate regarding the future of cities; several authors suggest that neighbourhood change produced by tourism should be conceived as a form of gentrification. Yet research on population shifts – a fundamental dimension of gentrification – in such neighbourhoods is scarce. Our exploration of the Gòtic area in Barcelona, using quantitative and qualitative techniques, reveals a process of population restructuring characterised by a decrease of long-term residents and inhabited dwellings, and the arrival of young and transnational gentrifiers that are increasingly mobile and form a transient population. We then use some insights from the mobilities literature to make sense of these results. In the gentrification of the Gòtic, the attractiveness of the area for visitors and for a wider palette of transnational dwellers feed one another, resulting in an uneven negotiation whereby more wealthy and ‘footloose’ individuals gain access and control of space and housing over less mobile and more dependent populations.

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Cites background from "Overtourism and online short-term r..."

  • ...…growth of tourism and short-term rentals involves a sharp wave of displacement of residents to such an extent that some areas are losing their residential base and tacitly becoming tourist clusters (Celata & Romano, 2020; Cocola-Gant, 2016; Jover & DiazParra, 2019; Sequera & Nofre, 2018 and 2019)....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the Airbnb growth trajectories from the perspective of its spatial distribution across Europe between 2014 and 2020, using AirDNA data, and show that the growth of the short-term rental market is driven by a market dimension of the growth in tourism and the community aspect caused by its impact.
Abstract: As a result of the Airbnb eruption, not only has the character of the short-term rental market been completely transformed, but the decades long growth in tourism has also been further accelerated. Therefore, due to the new demands of the tourism economy, the major shift in the usage of historic city centers occurred–the process of ‘touristification’, that results in the emergence of its new, unsustainable form. Despite the significance of those circumstances, there is a lack of any broader quantitative research that would present the dynamic of the Airbnb phenomenon. Therefore, thanks to the recognition of AirDNA data, such statistical analysis has become possible. The goal of this paper is to investigate the Airbnb’s growth trajectories—data that bind together a market dimension of the growth in tourism and the community aspect of an urban change caused by its impact—from the perspective of its spatial distribution across Europe between 2014 and 2020. As a result, it was possible to follow the Airbnb phenomenon during its undisrupted period of growth—from its sudden eruption, further spread, and potential future after the COVID-19 outbreak—all together with its logarithmic character, concentration form, and momentum of already reached economic equilibrium.

12 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how existing societal structures are navigated, remade or challenged through Airbnb hosting, and explore how hosting becomes entangled with social and institutional frameworks through host performances.
Abstract: Airbnb is commonly seen as emblematic of the disruptive forces of peer-to-peer platforms, and often attracts attention due to its relationship to existing socio-institutional frameworks. This article investigates how existing societal structures are navigated, remade or challenged through Airbnb hosting. In taking a performative approach to the economic forms found in collaborative economies, this article introduces a novel way of thinking about such changes. In examining performances of Airbnb hosts performances this article endeavours to move beyond distinctions of commercial, cultural and private, but rather perceives such categories as performatively constructed through ongoing framings. Through 33 qualitative interviews with hosts in Copenhagen, Denmark and Philadelphia, United States, this article explores how hosting becomes entangled with social and institutional frameworks through host performances. First, the article explores host strategies for navigating and making sense of local legislation. Second, the article moves to the theme of taxation and discusses how hosts balance public obligations with personal profit. Finally, the article addresses how hosting is negotiated in relation to neighbour relations and implications for local communities. The article contributes with insights into how Airbnb hosting is transforming urban landscapes, as well as discussions on the heterogeneity of economies.

12 citations


Cites background from "Overtourism and online short-term r..."

  • ...…trading as Taylor & Francis Group economic effect on budget hotels (Zervas et al., 2017), potentially based on the ability to open Airbnbs outside hotel districts (Guti errez et al., 2017), expanding touristic “bubbles” (Ioannides et al., 2019) and feeding overtourism (Celata & Romano, 2020)....

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25 Feb 2021
TL;DR: In this article, the authors contribute to the ongoing debate on the increasing professionalization and commercialization of Airbnb through multi-unit hosts who offer more than one listing, and the process of profess...
Abstract: This article contributes to the ongoing debate on the increasing professionalization and commercialization of Airbnb through multi-unit hosts who offer more than one listing. The process of profess...

12 citations


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  • ...After initial research, top 10 destinations from 8 different countries (respectively London-Paris-Rome-Copenhagen-Berlin-Lisbon-Amsterdam-Barcelona-Milan-Madrid) were determined as the sample of the study and the analyses of listings differed according to the research questions (RQ) due to the difficulties in accessing the data (see Appendix)....

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  • ...Rome, Copenhagen, Berlin and Lisbon had over 20,000 lists, while others were just under that number....

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  • ...Moreover, SL in EH received more overnights than MLs in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid, while estimated nights in MLs and SL were equal only in Lisbon....

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  • ...When we look at the cities in particular, the majority of hosting models in Lisbon, Barcelona, Rome and Madrid were primarily commercial listings that conflicted with the principles of SE....

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  • ...When we look at the table in terms of the cities, 5 and above listings constituted a majority of all types of listings in Rome and Lisbon, while only in Amsterdam 2 listings were dominant in EH, PR and SR....

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TL;DR: The concept of a recognizable cycle in the evolution of tourist areas is presented in this paper, using a basic s curve to illustrate their waving and waning popularity, and specific stages in the evolutionary sequence are described, along with a range of possible future trends.
Abstract: The concept of a recognizable cycle in the evolution of tourist areas is presented, using a basic s curve to illustrate their waving and waning popularity. Specific stages in the evolutionary sequence are described, along with a range of possible future trends. The implications of using this model in the planning and management oftourist resources are discussed in the light of a continuing decline in the environmental quality and, hence, the attractiveness of many tourist areas. Le concept principal de cette communication est que les endroits touristiques ont leur propre cycle d’evolution. Le concept se traduit en modele theorique, qui utilise une courbe s pour demontrer I’accroissement et la diminution subsequente de la popularite d’endroits touristiques. La communication se concentre sur certains stages, les plus importants, de I’evolution, et vise a etablir une gamme de directions eventuelle qui pourront itre suivies par ces endroits. On examine les implications de I’utilisation de se modele dans I’amenagement de resources touristiques, surtout dans I’optique des problemes causes par la diminution de la qualite de I’environnement et, par suite, de I’attraction de beaucoup d’endroits touristiques. There can be little doubt that tourist areas are dynamic, that they evolve and change over time. This evolution is brought about by a variety of factors including changes in the preferences and needs of visitors, the gradual deterioration and possible replacement of physical plant and facilities, and the change (or even disappearance) of the original natural and cultural attractions which were responsible for the initial popularity of the area. In some cases, while these attractions remain, they may be utilized for different purposes or come to be regarded as less significant in comparison with imported attractions.’ The idea of a consistent process through which tourist areas evolve has been vividly described by Christaller: The typical course of development has the following pattern. Painters search out untouched and unusual places to paint. Step by step the place develops as aso-calledartist colony. Soon a cluster of poets follows, kindred to the painters: then cinema people, gourmets, and the jeunesse dorde. The place becomes fashionable and the entrepreneur takes note. The fisherman’s cottage, the shelter-huts become converted into boarding houses and hotels come on the scene. Meanwhile the painters have fled and sought out another periphery periphery as related to space, and metaphorically, as ‘forgotten’ places and landscapes. Only the painters with a commercial inclination who like to do well in business remain; they capitalize on the good name of this former painter’s corner and on the gullibility of tourists. More and more townsmen choose this place, now en vogue and advertised in the newspapers. Subsequently the gourmets, and all those who seek real recreation, stay away. At last the tourist agencies come with their package rate travelling parties; now, the indulged public avoids such places. At the same time, in other places the same cycle occurs again; more and more places come into fashion, change their type, turn into everybody’s tourist haunt.2 While this description has most relevance to the European and, particularly, to the Mediterranean setting, others have expressed the same general idea. Stansfield, 5

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"Overtourism and online short-term r..." refers background in this paper

  • ...…the number of tourists exceeding an acceptable threshold have been raised with regard to, for example, natural parks and areas of ecological importance, small islands, specific tourist sites, or “resort cities” where “a major part of the area’s economy will be tied to tourism” (Butler, 1980, p. 8)....

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  • ...…Butler, this situation can easily lead to stagnation and decline, as well as causing “opposition and discontent among permanent residents, particularly those not involved in the tourist industry in any way, and result in some deprivation and restrictions upon their activities” (Butler, 1980, p. 8)....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze how these limits are approached and evaluated in discussions on a local scale and recognize that behind the different understandings of them lie distinct traditions that are different in their focuses.

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  • ...The option attracted several criticisms (Koens et al., 2018; Saarinen, 2006; Wall, 2019, 2020)....

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TL;DR: Airbnb and other short-term rental services are a topic of increasing concern for urban researchers, policymakers, and activists, because of the fear that shortterm rentals are facilitating gentrification as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Airbnb and other short-term rental services are a topic of increasing concern for urban researchers, policymakers, and activists, because of the fear that short-term rentals are facilitating gentri...

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  • ...…sometimes on a sub-municipal scale using predefined divisions such as neighbourhoods or census tracts (Cocola-Gant, 2016; Guti errez et al., 2016; Wachsmuth & Weisler, 2018), and other times focussing on specific neighbourhoods (Cocola-Gant & Gago, 2019; Ioannides et al. 2019; Smith et al., 2018)....

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  • ...Such impact is in fact analysed sometimes at the city scale, e.g. based on municipal boundaries (Alizadeh et al., 2018; Wegmann & Jiao, 2017), sometimes on a sub-municipal scale using predefined divisions such as neighbourhoods or census tracts (Cocola-Gant, 2016; Guti errez et al., 2016; Wachsmuth & Weisler, 2018), and other times focussing on specific neighbourhoods (Cocola-Gant & Gago, 2019; Ioannides et al. 2019; Smith et al., 2018)....

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  • ...Short-term rentals, it has been shown, are causing both the overtouristification of already highly touristified city centres (Alizadeh et al., 2018; Arias Sans & Quaglieri Dom ınguez, 2016; Ben ıtez-Aurioles, 2018; Picascia et al., 2017) and the invasion and gentrification of non-touristic neighbourhoods (Cocola-Gant, 2016; Ioannides et al., 2019; Wachsmuth & Weisler, 2018)....

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  • ...…of already highly touristified city centres (Alizadeh et al., 2018; Arias Sans & Quaglieri Dom ınguez, 2016; Ben ıtez-Aurioles, 2018; Picascia et al., 2017) and the invasion and gentrification of non-touristic neighbourhoods (Cocola-Gant, 2016; Ioannides et al., 2019; Wachsmuth & Weisler, 2018)....

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TL;DR: Analysis of bivariate spatial autocorrelation reveals a close spatial relationship between Airbnb and hotels, with a marked centre-periphery pattern, although Airbnb predominates around the city's main hotel axis and hotels predominate in some peripheral areas of the city.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results from a qualitative investigation among 80 stakeholders in 13 European cities to identify seven overtourism myths that may inhibit a well-rounded understanding of the concept and call for researchers from other disciplines to engage with the topic to come to new insights.
Abstract: In less than two years, the concept of overtourism has come to prominence as one of the most discussed issues with regards to tourism in popular media and, increasingly, academia. In spite of its popularity, the term is still not clearly delineated and remains open to multiple interpretations. The current paper aims to provide more clarity with regard to what overtourism entails by placing the concept in a historical context and presenting results from a qualitative investigation among 80 stakeholders in 13 European cities. Results highlight that overtourism describes an issue that is multidimensional and complex. Not only are the issues caused by tourism and nontourism stakeholders, but they should also be viewed in the context of wider societal and city developments. The article concludes by arguing that while the debate on overtourism has drawn attention again to the old problem of managing negative tourism impacts, it is not well conceptualized. Seven overtourism myths are identified that may inhibit a well-rounded understanding of the concept. To further a contextualized understanding of overtourism, the paper calls for researchers from other disciplines to engage with the topic to come to new insights.

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  • ...…of "carrying capacity" or “the limits of acceptable change” methods is frequently suggested (Bouchon & Rauscher, 2019; Capocchi et al., 2019; Dodds and Butler, 2019; Goodwin, 2017; Koens et al. 2018; Milano et al., 2019; Papathanassis, 2017; Peeters et al., 2018; Phi, 2019; UNWTO, 2018) ....

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  • ...These protests have been observed in many European cities (Barcelona, Venice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Dubrovnik, Berlin, Bologna, Reykjavik, and others), and elsewhere (Koens et al., 2018)....

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  • ...The option attracted several criticisms (Koens et al., 2018; Saarinen, 2006; Wall, 2019, 2020)....

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