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Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education

Asian Institute of Technology & Management (AITM) School of Hotel Management

Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education publishes applied and theoretical work on tourism inquiry, methods and practice. It welcomes interdisciplinary contributions and promotes critical approaches, new concepts, frameworks, methods, models and practices in tourism studies.

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Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education

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Article recordVersion of recordOpen accessVol. 10 (2020)August 4, 2026

Airbnb: Understanding the Concept, Recognizing the Values

Peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation into the tourism market through a model of disruptive innovation is going to be very popular in the world. This has been coined as network hospitality led by Airbnb platform which will w…

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  • Ramesh Raj Kunwar

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Peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation into the tourism market through a model of disruptive innovation is going to be very popular in the world. This has been coined as network hospitality led by Airbnb platform which will work as a mediator between the hosts and guests. Trust plays the major role for decision making to buy the shelter. The objective of studying this new area is to understand in better way through the help of secondary sources. Academic research is generally guided by the theories. Therefore, the researcher aimed to know which kind of concepts and models were applied by previous scholars. The study is confined to the Airbnb and Couchsurfing. For this study, the researcher has followed umbrella type of review research which will shed light on the knowledge of peer-to-peer accommodation and sharing economy.

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Airbnbnetwork hospitalitysharingeconomydisruptive innovationtrust

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