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This book presents theoretical and empirical perspectives on platform-mediated tourism, with a special focus on Airbnb. The case studies included in this volume show that the impacts of short-term renting on neighbourhoods, residents and tourism operators are uneven, but increasingly significant.
List of contents
1. Platform-mediated tourism: social justice and urban governance before and during Covid-19 2. Performing a peer-to-peer economy: how Airbnb hosts navigate socio-institutional frameworks 3. Self-perceptions of Airbnb hosts' responsibility: a moral identity perspective 4. The social practices of hosting P2P social dining events: insights for sustainable tourism 5. Overtourism and online short-term rental platforms in Italian cities 6. Venice as a short-term city. Between global trends and local lock-ins 7. Whose right to the city? An analysis of the mediatized politics of place surrounding
alojamento local issues in Lisbon and Porto 8. Politicising platform-mediated tourism rentals in the digital sphere: Airbnb in Madrid and Barcelona 9. Third-party impacts of short-term rental accommodation: a community survey to inform government responses 10. Social consequences of airbnb - a New Zealand case study of cause and effect 11. Airbnb impacts on host communities in a tourism destination: an exploratory study of stakeholder perspectives in Queenstown, New Zealand 12. COVID-19 pandemic exposes the vulnerability of the sharing economy: a novel accounting framework
About the author
Paola Minoia is Associate Professor in Geography, University of Turin, Italy and Senior Lecturer in Global Development Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. Her interests intersect the fields of geography, political ecology, and development studies with a focus on territoriality, state and community relations, socio-environmental justice, eco-cultural knowledges, tourism, and sustainability.
Salla Jokela is University Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. She teaches in the Bachelor's degree programme in Sustainable Urban Development. Her research has focused on urban tourism, visual culture, identity politics, city branding and urban discourses.
Summary
This book presents theoretical and empirical perspectives on platform-mediated tourism, with a special focus on Airbnb. The case studies included in this volume show that the impacts of short-term renting on neighbourhoods, residents and tourism operators are uneven, but increasingly significant.
