Tourism and the Sharing Economy : Policy and Potential of Sustainable Peer-to-Peer Accommodation
Technology and digital platforms are disrupting the way the tourism sector operates from end to end affects low-income markets striving to leverage tourism for development impacts. Digital platforms, in particular, provide both opportunities and ch...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/161471537537641836/Tourism-and-the-Sharing-Economy-Policy-Potential-of-Sustainable-Peer-to-Peer-Accommodation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30452 |
| Summary: | Technology and digital platforms are
disrupting the way the tourism sector operates from end to
end affects low-income markets striving to leverage tourism
for development impacts. Digital platforms, in particular,
provide both opportunities and challenges for World Bank
Group client countries looking to harness tourism to help
achieve the World Bank Group's twin goals of ending
extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. This report
focuses on one disruptive force in the tourism industry: the
emergence of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation. P2P
accommodation occurs when individuals offer, in exchange for
money, a room or an entire house for short-term
accommodation. The rapid growth of this new product is
shaking up the hotel industry and creating a new way to
travel and interact with a destination and its community.
The objectives of this report are to investigate the
opportunities and challenges that P2P provides in developed
and emerging destinations and to offer a set of
recommendations to better use this new business model for
sustainable and inclusive tourism. The report also sketches
a research agenda for the near future. This report is
written for destination managers, policymakers, and World
Bank Group staff involved in the design and management of
tourism operations. |
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