Overtourism and online short-term rental platforms in Italian cities
Filippo Celata,Antonello Romano +1 more
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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...read more
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Tourism, technology and ICT: a critical review of affordances and concessions
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Urban tourism and population change: Gentrification in the age of mobilities
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.
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The Undisrupted Growth of the Airbnb Phenomenon between 2014–2020. The Touristification of European Cities before the COVID-19 Outbreak
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.
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Performing a peer-to-peer economy: how Airbnb hosts navigate socio-institutional frameworks
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.
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Is Airbnb no longer a sharing economy platform: Evidence from Europe s top 10 Airbnb destinations
Ersin Demir,Gözde Emekli +1 more
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...
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Claire Colomb,Johannes Novy +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at urban tourism as a source of contention and dispute and analyze what type of conflicts and contestations have emerged around urban tourism in 16 cities across Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
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Agustín Cocola-Gant,Ana Gago +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore whether short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb channel investment in residential real estate and the way in which they are used in the real estate market.