Renting out in the sharing economy

51 Pages·2016·4.14 MB·English

by  Dirk Schmücker

Renting out in the sharing economy:
Assessing the meaning of ‘shared
accommodation’ for city tourism
International Seminar on Consumer Trends and Tourism
Vienna, September 9th, 2016
Dirk Schmücker
Institut für Tourismus-und Bäderforschung Fleethörn 23 Tel.: [phone] [email protected]
in Nordeuropa GmbH (NIT) D-24103 Kiel Fax: [phone] www.nit-kiel.de
„Hosting platform“
• Booking site without payment handling (procurement site)
• Short-term accommodation
• Local hosts (usually)
• Private („shared“) offers and commercial offers
• Hosted (host being present) or non-hosted (host not being present)
accommodation
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Source: airbnb.com, couchsurfing.org, September 2016
Source: medium.com
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Source: Twitter (#boycottairbnb)
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Source: Twitter (#boycottairbnb)

Disturbance of
neighbourhoods, loss of Additional income
identity, „touristification“
Spatial competition
Social enrichment (meet
(availability and prices of real
interesting people)
estate)
(Unfair) Competition Redistribution of tourism in
for the hotel industry the city
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E.g.
Wifi
wimdubusinesstravel.com, September 2016 24h check-in
gesetze.berlin.de