Impacts of P2P Accommodation: Neighbourhood Perspectives

Authors

  • Anna Farmaki Department of Hotel and Tourism Management Faculty of Management and Economics Cyprus University of Technology
  • Dimitrios Stergiou School of Social Sciences Hellenic Open University

Keywords:

P2P accommodation, impacts, neighbourhoods, resident perceptions

Abstract

Peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation has grown exponentially, yielding significant economic, social and environmental impacts.  Unsurprisingly, calls for strengthening regulatory controls regarding P2P accommodation have intensified in recent years.  Although research on the associated impacts of the growth of P2P accommodation has started to proliferate, minimal attention has been placed on the perceptions of residents.  This study examines the impacts of P2P accommodation at the neighbourhood and residential levels by drawing from the perceptions of residents of Koukaki, a southeast neighbourhood of the Municipality of Athens, Greece which in recent years has witnessed a dramatic increase in P2P accommodation listings.  The study identifies the perceived benefits and problems brought about on neighbourhoods as a result of the rapid growth of P2P accommodation in residential areas.  Overall, findings are informative of the implications of the rise of P2P accommodation in residential areas and are, thus, useful to tourism planners, developers and policymakers.

Author Biographies

Anna Farmaki, Department of Hotel and Tourism Management Faculty of Management and Economics Cyprus University of Technology

Anna Farmaki is a Lecturer in Tourism Management at the School of Management and Economics at the Cyprus University of Technology.  Her research interests lie in the areas of tourism planning and development and tourist behaviour. 

Dimitrios Stergiou, School of Social Sciences Hellenic Open University

Dimitrios Stergiou is an Assistant Professor in Tourism Management at the School of Social Sciences at the Hellenic Open University (HOU).  His research interests lie in the wider areas of tourism education, tourism management, and the epistemology of tourism.

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Published

2019-01-30

How to Cite

Farmaki, A. and Stergiou, D. (2019) “Impacts of P2P Accommodation: Neighbourhood Perspectives”, e-Review of Tourism Research, 16(2/3). Available at: https://ertr-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/ertr/article/view/317 (Accessed: 16 April 2024).

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Vol. 16 No. 2/3 (2019)

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