This document discusses the sharing economy and its impact on tourism. It provides statistics on social media usage and the top destinations for overseas visitors. The focus is on how the sharing platform Airbnb has disrupted the hotel industry in various cities. Charts and maps show Airbnb listings concentrated in tourist and residential areas, compared to hotel zones. Issues around regulating Airbnb to benefit hosts, guests and communities are also mentioned.
7. Global Top 5 by Overnight Visitors Spend
(in%)
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Paris London Bangkok New York Singapore
December 2013
8. Estimated Market Share
MARKET SHARES
Airbnb
72.7%
official rooms
80.0%
94.4%
98.6%
97.7%
27.3%
5.6%
1.4%
2.3%
NEW YORK
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20.0%
PARIS
LONDON
BANGKOK
SINGAPORE
January 2014
14. Venice
15,78 km²
Airbnb apartments 2014 1.338
tourists per year 20 million
tourists per day 60.000
residents in 1950`s 175.000
residents in 2012 58.483
ratio of residents to tourists 1:1
surface
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Venice touristic zones = residential zones
15. Improvements for SO EXCITING ME
Legal Framework
Statistics
Security
Cooperation
Mutual Benefit
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Its thehuge network of individual people. Shareeconomyismuch morewestside story than an eastside storySources: Airbnb.com; Facebook.com; http://irevolution.net/2013/06/09/mapping-global-twitter-heartbeat/
