Transformative experiences via Airbnb: Is it the guests or the host communities that will be transformed?
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe how the growing presence of Airbnb rentals, resulting partly from tourists’ increasing desire for transformative travel experiences, is ironically much more transformative for the host communities than the tourists themselves. Design/methodology/app...
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| Language: | English |
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Emerald Publishing
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Tourism Futures |
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| Online Access: | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JTF-04-2019-0038/full/pdf?title=transformative-experiences-via-airbnb-is-it-the-guests-or-the-host-communities-that-will-be-transformed |