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Economic impacts of digital home-sharing platform: Creative destruction in the hospitality industry

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  • Taehyee Um
  • Yejin Lee
  • Jakeun Koo

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This paper describes an empirical study that was conducted by applying creative destruction theory to examine structural changes in the hospitality industry due to the growth of digital home-sharing platforms. To achieve these research aims, the current study considered the hospitality industry, which encompasses the accommodation and restaurant sectors, as well as Airbnb, representing the digital home-sharing platform. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between the exit of the accommodation industry and the supply of the digital home-sharing platform, while both entry and exit in the restaurant industry are significantly associated with the supply or performance of the digital home-sharing platform. Over time, this leads to industry transformations as certain segments of the lodging industry are replaced by digital home-sharing platforms, and as the restaurant industry undergoes a process of creative destruction, with establishments unable to adapt to changing business environments and the emergence of new facilities tailored to new technologies or accommodation models.

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  • Taehyee Um & Yejin Lee & Jakeun Koo, 2025. "Economic impacts of digital home-sharing platform: Creative destruction in the hospitality industry," Tourism Economics, , vol. 31(2), pages 201-220, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:toueco:v:31:y:2025:i:2:p:201-220
    DOI: 10.1177/13548166241253888
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