Spatial issues of sharing economy development in Polish accommodation market

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Functioning of Tourist Short-Term Rental Platforms (Airbnb and Vrbo) in Polish Cities

“…According to Adamiak (2022: 14) “on the basis of automated tracking of offers on platforms (web-scraping) and data obtained from partners—mainly suppliers of software supporting rental—the platform publishes fairly accurate information about the number and characteristics of available offers and the number of days on which they were booked” (see also [ 15 , 113 ]). Although some (see [ 94 ]) suggest that author-made web scraping is the best method for STR analysis, many more hold that AirDNA is the best source available for research into the Airbnb (STR) market (e.g., [ 15 , 113 ]). With this in mind, and the fact that AirDNA is currently reporting (with the possibility of viewing earlier data) on two SE platforms, i.e., Airbnb and HomeAway (now Vrbo), AirDNA was considered an appropriate and sufficient source of data for this article.…”

“…A few studies on individual cities were written, mainly on Warsaw [ 55 , 91 , 92 ] and Kraków [ 93 ]. Part of the discussion was devoted to the impact of Airbnb’s activities on various areas of city functioning (e.g., [ 21 , 22 , 94 , 95 , 96 ], housing [ 56 , 91 ], and the rental housing market [ 97 ]. The purpose of and/or possibilities for limiting STR in Poland were also discussed [ 26 ].…”

Najem krótkoterminowy w Polsce w czasie pandemii COVID-19

“…W Polsce studia nad wpływem najmu krótkoterminowego na rynek turystyczny oraz jakość życia w historycznych dzielnicach miast prowadzono w Krakowie (Walas, 2019;Kowalczyk-Anioł, 2020;Kruczek i in., 2021), Szczecinie (Pawlicz, 2019) i Warszawie (Derek, Dycht, 2018;Gyódi, 2019). Analizy poza ośrodkami miejskimi (Pawlicz, Kubicki, 2017), badania ogólnopolskie (Pawlicz, 2019;Pawlicz, Vrtodusic Hrgovic, 2020) oraz porównania międzynarodowe (Adamiak, 2018b(Adamiak, , 2019 potwierdzają, że oferta mieszkań turystycznych na popularnych portalach OTA jest w Polsce skoncentrowana przestrzennie przede wszystkim w największych miastach będących głównym celem zagranicznych turystów.…”