Is there a problem with tourist use housing?

In the last five years, home rentals for tourists have generated significant media and social concern. Since the economic crisis of 2007–2008, online platforms have emerged that have boosted the collaborative economy and provided security and trust. There are two positions related to the impacts of...

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Main Authors: José Ramón Cardona, Onofre Martorell Cunill, Alberto Prado Román, Antoni Serra-Cantallops
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:European Research on Management and Business Economics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883421000103
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Alberto Prado Román
Antoni Serra-Cantallops
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description In the last five years, home rentals for tourists have generated significant media and social concern. Since the economic crisis of 2007–2008, online platforms have emerged that have boosted the collaborative economy and provided security and trust. There are two positions related to the impacts of peer-to-peer and intermediation platforms: some consider them to reflect the destruction of tourist destinations at the hands of international corporations, while others allege that they have helped improve the incomes of many families and meet demand. These positions raise doubts, and based on the descriptive analysis of secondary public data from Spain, this study makes a first approximation of the actual situation. The results indicate that the platforms have given online visibility to business that already existed, while tourist rentals cater to specific market niches and adjust hotel supply to tourist demand. The study concludes that tourist rentals have been confused with the real problem: large and rapid increases in demand that are difficult to manage, aggravating mismatches in the rental market that are the result of multiple factors.
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spelling doaj.art-e6d0569597704b298ae6e4520972e9eb2022-12-21T22:42:30ZspaElsevierEuropean Research on Management and Business Economics2444-88342021-05-01272100151Is there a problem with tourist use housing?José Ramón Cardona0Onofre Martorell Cunill1Alberto Prado Román2Antoni Serra-Cantallops3Ibiza Island Council University College of Tourism, University of the Balearic Islands, Ibiza, SpainDepartment of Business Economics, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Corresponding author.Department of Business Economics, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Business Economics, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, SpainIn the last five years, home rentals for tourists have generated significant media and social concern. Since the economic crisis of 2007–2008, online platforms have emerged that have boosted the collaborative economy and provided security and trust. There are two positions related to the impacts of peer-to-peer and intermediation platforms: some consider them to reflect the destruction of tourist destinations at the hands of international corporations, while others allege that they have helped improve the incomes of many families and meet demand. These positions raise doubts, and based on the descriptive analysis of secondary public data from Spain, this study makes a first approximation of the actual situation. The results indicate that the platforms have given online visibility to business that already existed, while tourist rentals cater to specific market niches and adjust hotel supply to tourist demand. The study concludes that tourist rentals have been confused with the real problem: large and rapid increases in demand that are difficult to manage, aggravating mismatches in the rental market that are the result of multiple factors.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444883421000103L83L85R21Z30
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