New platform tourism services (or the so-called sharing economy) : understand, rethink and adapt.
This report aims to gain a better understanding of how new platform tourism services, or the so-called Sharing Economy, is shaping the tourism sector. It seeks to identify the specific opportunities and challenges it poses across destinations, how these are being addressed and the way forward. Drawi...
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Madrid :
World Tourism Organization,
[2017]
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| Summary: | This report aims to gain a better understanding of how new platform tourism services, or the so-called Sharing Economy, is shaping the tourism sector. It seeks to identify the specific opportunities and challenges it poses across destinations, how these are being addressed and the way forward. Drawing on the responses of a UNWTO survey, this exploratory study offers a global overview of the current situation, impact and future importance of these services in five main areas of tourism, information, accommodation, transport, food and tourism activities. |
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| Item Description: | 1. Tourism development and change. 2. New platform tourism services: is it really sharing? 3. Importance and Impact of new platform tourism services. 4. Opportunities and Challenges by area of tourism service. 5. Governance. |
| Physical Description: | 70 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-51). |
| ISBN: | 9284419077 9789284419074 |