| Description |
1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 When, Why & How: The Growth of Airbnb Around the World -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Structure of the Book -- 1.3 The Growth of the Sharing Economy: The Case of Airbnb -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References -- 2 The Context: Western Australia's Visitor Economy -- 2.1 Prologue: COVID-19 Impacts on Tourism in Australia -- 2.1.1 International Tourism -- 2.1.2 Western Australia (WA) -- 2.2 Western Australia in Context -- 2.3 Western Australia's Visitor Economy |
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2.3.1 The Organisation of Tourism in Western Australia -- 2.4 Western Australia's Accommodation Sub-sector -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Airbnb Demand in Western Australia -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Hedonic Motivations to Use Airbnb -- 3.1.2 Utilitarian Motivation to Use Airbnb -- 3.1.3 Airbnb User Profiles in Western Australia -- 3.2 Research Design and Method -- 3.3 Results -- 3.3.1 International Visitors -- 3.3.2 Domestic Visitors -- 3.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 4 Airbnb Supply in Western Australia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Host Segmentation |
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4.1.2 Platform Choice and Trust -- 4.1.3 Hosting Quality and Quantity -- 4.1.4 Research Needs -- 4.2 Research Design and Method -- 4.3 Results and Discussion -- 4.3.1 Number of Airbnb Listings and Hosts -- 4.3.2 Type of Airbnb Listing -- 4.3.3 Spatial Distribution of Airbnb Listings -- 4.3.4 Estimated Occupancy Rates and Prices of Airbnb Listings -- 4.3.5 Estimated Income of Airbnb Hosts -- 4.4 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Concerns and Hopes of Stakeholders -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Research Design and Method -- 5.2.1 Stakeholder Interviews |
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5.2.2 Analysis of Submissions to the Western Australian Parliamentary Inquiry -- 5.3 Results and Discussion -- 5.3.1 Initial Discussions in the Early Days of Airbnb in Western Australia: An Expert Perspective -- 5.3.2 Stakeholder Perceptions after Airbnb Became a Lived Reality in Western Australia -- 5.3.3 A Closer Look at Stakeholder Feedback -- 5.3.4 Suggested Policy Recommendations from Stakeholders -- 5.4 What's Next: Conclusion and Implications for Government Action -- References -- 6 Regulatory Approaches-International Case Examples -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Data Basis |
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6.3 Policy Framework -- 6.4 International Case Studies -- 6.4.1 London, United Kingdom -- 6.4.2 New York, USA -- 6.4.3 San Francisco, USA -- 6.4.4 Barcelona, Spain -- 6.4.5 Rome, Italy -- 6.4.6 Amsterdam, Netherlands -- 6.4.7 Berlin, Germany -- 6.4.8 Hong Kong, China -- 6.4.9 Singapore -- 6.5 Selected Approaches within Australia -- 6.5.1 New South Wales (NSW) and Sydney -- 6.5.2 Victoria and Melbourne -- 6.5.3 Tasmania -- 6.5.4 South Australia -- 6.5.5 Western Australia -- 6.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 7 Disruptive Innovation Through Airbnb? An Interim Conclusion -- References |
| Summary |
This book explores the rapid growth of the sharing economy, specifically of Airbnb, in recent years and how it has challenged traditional economies in many countries around the globe. With almost 5 million listings in more than 190 countries, many consider Airbnb as one of the most disruptive developments in tourism over the past decade. While this is a book about Western Australia as a case in point, the issues addressed in this book speak to the broader development of the sharing economy and its effects experienced nationally and indeed internationally. Thus, through the adoption of a case-specific analysis of the growth and impact of Airbnb, the book significantly contributes to closing existing knowledge gaps on the Airbnb phenomenon by exploring not only stakeholder perceptions of the sharing economy and Airbnb, the extent of Airbnb supply and demand, and how this differs from conventional accommodation demand, but also what policy responses have been employed in other tourism destinations worldwide. Western Australia in this regard serves as an exemplar case to shed light on the Airbnb phenomenon. This book presents a comprehensive global study that has investigated the Airbnb phenomenon from a supply, demand, stakeholder, and government response perspective and thus offers new empirical insights, which are of interest to government agencies and the tourism sector and are a valuable source of data to inform current policy debate |
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Print version record |
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Airbnb (Firm)
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| SUBJECT |
Airbnb (Firm) fast |
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Vacation rentals -- Australia -- Western Australia
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Peer-to-peer travel -- Australia -- Western Australia
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Tourism -- Australia -- Western Australia
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Peer-to-peer travel
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Tourism
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Vacation rentals
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Western Australia
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Volgger, Michael, author.
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Cavalcanti Marques, Sara, author
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Cahya Nusantara, Aji, author
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| ISBN |
9789811629525 |
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9811629528 |
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