Airbnb: disruptive innovation and the rise of an informal tourism accommodation sector

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1192-1217

  Guttentag, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airbnb; disruptive innovation; informal economy; peer to peer accommodation; short term rentals

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; INTERNET; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84883451160     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2013.827159     Document Type: Article

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