- Title
- Exploring destination engagement of sharing economy accommodation: Case of Australian second-homes
- Creator
- Keogh, Clare; Kriz, Anton; Barnes, Lisa; Rosenberger III, Philip J.
- Relation
- Current Issues in Tourism Vol. 25, Issue 21, p. 3425-3442
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2020.1769572
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Digital platforms operating in the colloquially-termed sharing economy (SE) are disrupting tourism, notably accommodation with growth in peer-to-peer (P2P) rentals. Second-home rentals constitute an important segment of SE ‘entire homes’ as revealed by Airbnb, SE’s largest accommodation platform, with over seven million listings in 2019. Concurrent to SE micro-accommodation growth, global tourism organizations promote local engagement of all tourism enterprises to build sustainable destinations. Lack of understanding SE second-home engagement in destination networks and development activities is a significant knowledge gap. In response, this qualitative study explores how destination specialists can engage the growing number of SE second-homes to help achieve local sustainable community and economic development. Research methods incorporate three Australian regional cases using interviews, web observations and secondary data to investigate perspectives of destination engagement of second-home rentals. Findings uncover power shifts in case regions that have created vacuums in local tourism ecosystems being filled by Airbnb and accommodation platforms. Analysis of factors influencing engagement in destination development activities indicates second-home engagement unlikely under current tourism business models.
- Subject
- second-homes; sharing economy (SE); digital platforms; Airbnb; destination management organizations; holiday rentals; SDG 8; SDG 12; SDG 17; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1477032
- Identifier
- uon:49913
- Identifier
- ISSN:1368-3500
- Language
- eng
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