Platform-Mediated Tourism

Platform-Mediated Tourism
Author: Paola Minoia
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2022-11-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000784754

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. During the past decade, digital platforms for short-term rental, transport, social dining etc., have enabled the development of a new generation of entrepreneurs in tourism and mobility. The mediation of services through digital platforms was initially presented as a form of a sharing economy led by non-professional providers, but it has grown into a new form of capitalist speculation. The inadequacy of existing legal frameworks in regulating platform-mediated activities has generated reactions by social movements, especially for the protection of housing rights. With the outbreak of Covid-19, the downfall in the mobility and tourism economy has revealed the acuteness of the structural crisis of cities and of labour based on platform-mediated activities. In Europe, networks of cities are taking action against platforms to regain their control over data that is needed to regulate platform-mediated tourism services, and the rights of residents in tourism cities. The authors in this edited volume explore issues of social justice in terms of residents’ quality of life, working conditions, the housing market, urban structure, the morality of operators who navigate through normative loopholes, and the responsibility issues of platform companies holding data on short-term rentals. The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism.

Hospitality, Home and Life in the Platform Economies of Tourism

Hospitality, Home and Life in the Platform Economies of Tourism
Author: Maartje Roelofsen
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2022-05-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031040104

This book explores how digital platforms in the realm of tourism and hospitality have shaped social and material worlds. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork with hosts and guests, the book analyses the impacts of platforms on the scale of the city, the home, and the everyday life of individuals. The book first situates platforms within the broader history of digital developments in tourism and questions what is essentially new about these socio-technical formations? The following chapters demonstrate how platforms have affected urban housing, challenged the tourism sector, and transformed understandings of hospitality and home. This is illustrated through a case-study of Airbnb’s development and impact in Sofia, Bulgaria. The final chapters of the book reflect on the political dimensions of datafication processes and digital systems of measurement that underpin the platform’s workings, showing how the platform economies of tourism benefit their users in highly uneven ways.

Promoting Responsible Tourism With Digital Platforms

Promoting Responsible Tourism With Digital Platforms
Author: El Archi, Youssef
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2024-06-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

In the age of digital transformation, the tourism industry faces a pressing challenge: balancing the growing demand for travel with the imperative to protect the environment and preserve local cultures. The rise of digital platforms has revolutionized how people plan, book, and experience travel, but it has also intensified concerns about overtourism, cultural commodification, and environmental degradation. Without thoughtful intervention, these trends threaten to undermine the destinations travelers seek to explore. Promoting Responsible Tourism With Digital Platforms offers a comprehensive solution by exploring how digital platforms can be leveraged to promote responsible travel practices. By examining case studies, theoretical frameworks, and the latest technological advancements, the book provides actionable insights for policymakers, industry professionals, and travelers alike. It serves as a roadmap for integrating responsible tourism principles into the digital landscape, ensuring that tourism remains sustainable and beneficial for all stakeholders.

The Future of Airbnb and the ‘Sharing Economy’

The Future of Airbnb and the ‘Sharing Economy’
Author: Jeroen A. Oskam
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2019-04-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1845416759

This book deconstructs the ‘sharing’ marketing narratives surrounding Airbnb and similar platforms. It provides a conceptual analysis of the ‘sharing economy’ and accommodation sector and furthers the ongoing discussion surrounding Airbnb and the social sustainability of city tourism. The volume analyses the touristification of neighbourhoods in the context of broader economic and ideological shifts, thus bridging the gap between academic and social debate. It presents four different city scenarios of potential future developments and evaluates the effects of different regulatory responses, giving readers an understanding of the forces and factors at work and envisioning the ultimate consequences of current developments. The book will appeal to students and researchers in tourism and hospitality studies, futures studies and urban planning, as well as to policymakers and strategists in the hospitality and tourism sectors.

Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2023

Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2023
Author: Berta Ferrer-Rosell
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2023-01-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3031257529

This open access book provides an extensive overview of the usage of information and communication technologies in the tourism and hospitality industry. It presents the proceedings of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT)’s 30th Annual International eTourism Conference, which assembles the latest research presented at the ENTER2023 conference. The enclosed papers cover various topics within the field, including augmented and virtual reality, website development, social media use, e-learning, big data, analytics and recommendation systems.

Coping with Overtourism in Post-Pandemic Europe

Coping with Overtourism in Post-Pandemic Europe
Author: Gert-Jan Hospers
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 188
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 3643916558

In post-pandemic Europe the topic of 'overtourism' is back on the policy agenda of many cities, towns and villages. How to deal with the negative effects of tourism on places and people? This edited volume brings together inspiring perspectives and detailed case studies from all over Europe to better understand the phenomenon of overtourism. Based on the challenges lying ahead, the book makes a call for tourism policies that are more balanced and argues for more interdisciplinary research.

Handbook of Tourism Entrepreneurship

Handbook of Tourism Entrepreneurship
Author: Rob Hallak
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2024-05-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1803920025

The Handbook of Tourism Entrepreneurship outlines the foundations of success in the tourism sector, examining the ways in which small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can become economic engines for tourism destinations by boosting regional growth and prosperity.

Situating Sustainability

Situating Sustainability
Author: C. Parker Krieg
Publisher: Helsinki University Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2021-11-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9523690515

Situating Sustainability reframes our understanding of sustainability through an emerging international terrain of concepts and case studies. These approaches include material practices, such as extraction and disaster recovery, and extend into the domains of human rights and education. This volume addresses the need in sustainability science to recognize the deep and diverse cultural histories that define environmental politics. It brings together scholars from cultural studies, anthropology, literature, law, behavioral science, urban studies, design, and development to argue that it is no longer possible to talk about sustainability in general without thinking through the contexts of research and action. These contributors are joined by artists whose public-facing work provides a mobile platform to conduct research at the edges of performance, knowledge production, and socio-ecological infrastructures. Situating Sustainability calls for a truly transdisciplinary research that is guided by the humanities and social sciences in collaboration with local actors informed by histories of place. Designed for students, scholars, and interested readers, the volume introduces the conceptual practices that inform the leading edge of engaged research in sustainability.