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CORONAVIRUS AND AIRBNB – Disrupting the Disruptor

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  • Dolnicar, Sara

    (The University of Queensland)

  • Zare, Samira

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Has coronavirus disrupted the disruptor? We argue that this is indeed the case, and that this disruption will affect the growth of Airbnb on the long term. The first premise of our prediction is that coronavirus is representative of any kind of major shock that has the potential to affect the tourism industry. The second premise is that the consequences of this super-shock are asymmetric. Different types of hosts will face different types of challenges as a consequence of the sudden and unexpected drop in demand. Investors who are in the business of short term rental to make commercial profits will find themselves in a situation where they still have expenses, but no more income. Some of these investors will re-assess the risk of short-term rental and never return to Airbnb. As a consequence, the supply of Airbnb properties will limit Airbnb growth in future.

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  • Dolnicar, Sara & Zare, Samira, 2020. "CORONAVIRUS AND AIRBNB – Disrupting the Disruptor," SocArXiv t9n6q, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:t9n6q
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/t9n6q
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    1. Han, Chunjia & Yang, Mu, 2021. "Revealing Airbnb user concerns on different room types," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).

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