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Ekonomia dzielenia się i jej przejawy w turystyce
SHARING ECONOMY AND ITS EXAMPLES IN TOURISM

Author(s): Katarzyna Majchrzak
Subject(s): Economy, Tourism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: sharing economy; peer-to-peer economy; collaborative consumption; access-based economy; exchange of goods and services

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the issues of sharing economy and the examples of the trend on the tourist market. This relatively new trend has resulted in significant number of projects whose essence is the intermediary in the exchange of goods and services between consumers. In particular, this applies to services such as accommodation, catering, transport and guiding. The dynamic development of these projects on the tourist market carries a number of problems related to the necessity of appropriate legal regulations. Regardless of these problems, projections of earnings from operations of sharing economy are extremely promising.

  • Issue Year: 33/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-30
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish