Airbnb and COVID-19: SPACE-TIME vulnerability effects in six world-cities

Kourtit K., Nijkamp P., Östh J., TÜRK U.

Tourism Management, cilt.93, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 93
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.tourman.2022.104569
  • Dergi Adı: Tourism Management
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Periodicals Index Online, CAB Abstracts, Hospitality & Tourism Complete, Hospitality & Tourism Index, Index Islamicus, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Veterinary Science Database
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Corona pandemic, COVID-19, Hospitality markets, Airbnb, World-cities, Survival analysis, Corona echo effects
  • Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2022 The AuthorsThis study examines the COVID-19 vulnerability and subsequent market dynamics in the volatile hospitality market worldwide, by focusing in particular on individual Airbnb bookings-data for six world-cities in various continents over the period January 2020–August 2021. This research was done by: (i) looking into factual survival rates of Airbnb accommodations in the period concerned; (ii) examining place-based impacts of intra-city location on the economic performance of Airbnb facilities; (iii) estimating the price responses to the pandemic by means of a hedonic price model. In our statistical analyses based on large volumes of time- and space-varying data, multilevel logistic regression models are used to trace ‘corona survivability footprints’ and to estimate a hedonic price-elasticity-of-demand model. The results reveal hardships for the Airbnb market as a whole as well as a high volatility in prices in most cities. Our study highlights the vulnerability and ‘corona echo-effects’ on Airbnb markets for specific accommodation segments in several large cities in the world. It adds to the tourism literature by testing the geographic distributional impacts of the corona pandemic on customers' choices regarding type and intra-urban location of Airbnb accommodations.