Hospitality, Home and Life in the Platform Economies of Tourism

This book explores how digital platforms in the realm of tourism and hospitality have shaped social and material worlds. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork with hosts and guests, the book analyses the impacts of platforms on the scale of the city, the home, and the everyday life of individual...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roelofsen, Maartje
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A brief history of tourism platforms
  • 3. The socio-spatial impacts of Airbnb
  • 4. Airbnb-ed homes and everyday life
  • 5. Datafication of everyday life and bodies
  • 6. Conclusion.