Airbnb and its Impact on Tourism

This book offers a comprehensive review of the literature on the economic and social impacts caused by Airbnb in the global tourism industry, through a detailed analysis of academic studies and reports, explores the transformations that this platform has generated in tourist destinations, including the modification of prices in accommodations, gentrification, and the effects on local communities, the book provides a critical view of how Airbnb has reshaped the tourism landscape, challenging traditional regulations and generating both opportunities and controversies in the sector, whose objective is to analyze the processes of economic and social transformation caused by the Airbnb platform. The methodology follows a literature review approach of recent years to learn about the phenomena that have caused the renting of rooms for short periods through Airbnb, within the findings are economic and social phenomena that have transformed the culture of people in the digital age, such as Digital Nomadism, Gentrification and social and economic changes.