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

Joanna Kowalczyk-Anioł, Karolina Kacprzak and Ewa Szafrańska
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Joanna Kowalczyk-Anioł: Institute of Urban Geography, Tourism Studies and Geoinformation, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz, 90-136 Łódź, Poland
Karolina Kacprzak: Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Lodz, 90-136 Łódź, Poland
Ewa Szafrańska: Institute of Urban Geography, Tourism Studies and Geoinformation, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Lodz, 90-136 Łódź, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-23

Abstract: The article presents the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban tourism activity on short-term rental (STR) platforms in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It offers empirical evidence of how Airbnb and HomeAway (Vrbo) changed in Polish cities during the COVID-19 pandemic. A case study of Polish cities was also used to investigate what pandemic-induced scenarios of that impact are presented in the literature. In particular, the study identifies “loser” cities, in which the pandemic consolidated and deepened the decline in active STR volume, and “winner” cities, in which the volume and dynamics of the active STRs increased during the pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; tourism; short term rental (STR); Airbnb; Vrbo; Polish cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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