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  • Airbnb: sharing economy or "informal" tourism accommodation business? [Elektronski vir]
    Zupan Korže, Saša
    Purpose: Sharing economy covers a great variety of sectors, including tourism. The purpose of this paper is to discuss if Airbnb short-term home-rentals should be still understood as sharing economy. ... Design: The research is focused only on Airbnbʼs accommodation segment. The concept of sharing economy and the criteria for differentiation between true sharing and commercial accommodation business has been set out. It is presented, how government of Slovenia understands short-term home-rentals via Airbnb presented. Methodology: The research started in November 2007 and was completed in March 2018. The method of content analysis of relevant secondary sources (existing scholarly research on the topic, media articles, websites publications, EU documents and Slovene regulations) was used. Findings: There is no unified criteria to differentiate which online platform can be understood as sharing economy and which cannot. Airbnb stared as a sharing-driven business model. However, due to its huge growth in the course of the consequent years and mostly illegal business of hosts, short-term home-rentals to tourists through Airbnb platform have become ʺinformalʺ hospitality business. Originality of research: This research is the first systematic research on Airbnb in Slovenia. It contributes to understanding the complex economic and other issues surrounding the sharing/collaborative economy and short-term rentals of homes to tourists.
    Vir: Trends and challenges [Elektronski vir] : congress proceedings (Str. 479-489)
    Vrsta gradiva - prispevek na konferenci ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2018
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 1024623576

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    https://thi.fthm.hr/congress-proceedings/send/5-2018/134-airbnb-sharing-economy-or-informal-tourism-accommodation-business

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