The effects of Covid-19 on Airbnb

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21882985
AutoresLajos Boros (0000-0003-3241-7778, University of Szeged), Gábor Dudás (0000-0001-9326-8337, Institute for Regional Studies), Tamás Kovalcsik (0000-0002-0306-0506, University of Szeged)
Año2020
Volumen69
Número4
Páginas363-381
Fecha de publicación2020-12-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHungarian Geographical Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2064-5031 • E-ISSN: 2064-5147
EditorialHUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15201/hungeobull.69.4.3
OpenAlexW3116308398
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas104

COVID-19 pandemic starting at the end of 2019, hit hard tourism and hospitality industries throughout the world. As a part of the processes, the most popular P2P accommodation service, the Airbnb also faced a rapid drop in bookings. This study explores and compares the effects of the first wave of the pandemic on the Airbnb markets of 15 cities. The analysis is based on the data retrieved from Insideairbnb.com. Booking trends are compared between 2019 and 2020 and a day-to-day analysis of occupancy rates during the first months of 2020 is also performed. Special attention was paid to the effects of pandemic on different price categories of listings. The results show that the evolution of local pandemic situation had the most significant impact on bookings and occupancy rates in the investigated cities. The characteristics of local markets and the pandemic and economic situation of sending countries had also great influence on the bookings and cancellations. In addition, in some cases the cancellations did not affect the reservations made for the later periods, meaning that tourists hoped for a quick recovery. The effect on price categories was also different from one location to another. The study provides empirical insights to the effects of the disease on P2P accommodations. Furthermore, the future of short-term rentals is also discussed briefly

Accommodation · Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Hospitality · Occupancy · Pandemic · Political science · Renting · Tourism · Consumer Retail Behavior Studies · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Transportation and Mobility Innovations · Marketing