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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Vacation rentals"”.
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Airbnb in the Age of a Housing Crisis: A Case Study of Housing Affordability and Vacation Rental Regulations in Niagara Falls, ON
… Falls, which sees 12 million tourists annually, vacation rentals have become a highly profitable business. However, Niagara Falls is also currently experiencing a housing crisis. Airbnb complicates this crisis by perpetuating discourses in which housing is viewed primarily as a commodity. …
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Water Demand in the Residential and Tourism Sectors: Evidence and Implications for Efficient Management
… the impact of hotels and the impact of transient vacation rentals like Airbnb on the island's water resources. We find that, although there is evidence of a positive relationship between hotel visitors and water use, hotels are one of the smallest consumers of overall water use. Residential units, …
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Property tax shifting under imperfect competition: Theory and application
… market examined in this dissertation is the vacation rentals market. The key participants in this market are the property owners, the renters and a few property management firms that manage the rental units in return for a fixed percentage commission paid by the owner each time the unit is …
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Organizing the hosts: flexible strategies of formalized and collaborative labor in Airbnb property management
… that oversee large portfolios of full-time vacation rentals. The dominance of such companies on the Airbnb platform intensifies its negative effects on neighborhoods, namely contributing to rising rents and the removal of housing from the long-term rental market. Nevertheless, relatively …
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Exploring Maltese millennials’ main motivations for choosing Airbnb as their preferred accommodation and experience holiday
For this research study, the research topic chosen is Airbnb, focusing on the research problem of the peer-2-peer (P2P) online platform and its popular target market, millennials. Literature and research have shown, however, that studies on motivations to use Airbnb do not address specific …