Peer-to-peer accommodation and sustainability in Mountain areas

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to formulate assumptions on home sharing users’ sensitivity toward sustainability in mountain areas and define the sustainability indicators that may be used to search for home-based accommodation in mountain areas.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is based on a literature review of key terms: mountain tourism, peer-to-peer accommodation and sustainability indicators.

Findings

Tourists in mountain areas are more likely to be sensitive toward sustainability than in urban areas, so they are likely to expect home sharing websites to provide sustainability criteria for selecting their accommodation.

Practical implications

Home sharing platforms should offer to mountain tourists the possibility to search for and assess home-based accommodation using sustainability criteria.

Originality/value

Most studies on peer-to-peer accommodation were designed in urban areas. The authors state that in mountain areas, tourists are more sensitive toward sustainability and would therefore be more inclined to consider sustainability in their search for a home-based accommodation.

Citation

Dornier, R. and Selmi, N. (2018), "Peer-to-peer accommodation and sustainability in Mountain areas", Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 259-266. https://doi.org/10.1108/WHATT-01-2018-0001