Covid-resistant domestic short-term rentals in Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID21864699
AuthorsCzesław Adamiak (0000-0003-3307-5079, Nicolaus Copernicus University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume35
Pages3511
Publication date2023-06-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Tourism Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1994-7658 • E-ISSN: 1314-0817
PublisherVarna University of Management (PUBLISHER • BG)
DOI10.54055/ejtr.v35i.3166
OpenAlexW4380992228
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

During the COVID-19 pandemic, platform-mediated short-term rentals are believed to have performed better than traditional tourism accommodation due to tourist preferences and the possibility of evading some sanitary regulations. The paper investigates this difference in 31 European countries by combining conventional hotel statistics with novel data on short-stay accommodation (SSA) gathered by Eurostat from four major platforms mediating in home rentals. The first hypothesis that short-term rental accommodation lost fewer tourists during the pandemic than hotels is supported if domestic tourism is concerned. The second hypothesis that the loss of tourists in short-term rental accommodation was less dependent on the stringency of restrictions than in hotels is only confirmed for domestic tourism in small, primarily outbound tourism-generating countries. The study results shed light on the pandemic-induced travel substitution, discussion on the regulation of short-term rentals, and the utility of Eurostat SSA statistics as a new research data source

Accommodation · Business · Demographic economics · Domestic tourism · Economics · Pandemic · Political science · Public economics · Renting · Tourism · Tourism geography · Consumer Retail Behavior Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Transportation and Mobility Innovations

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