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Regulating, then deregulating Airbnb: the unique case of Tasmania (Australia)

In responding to increased tourist visitation and significant accommodation shortages (especially in the capital city Hobart), the Tasmanian government has been grappling with the opportunities and challenges presented by the visitor economy, and Airbnb in particular. Over the last decade Tasmania's tourism industry has grown significantly, contributing $2.8 billion per annum to the economy; accounting for 10.7% of Gross State Product (Deloitte Access Economics, 2017b). Tasmania is a southern island state off the coast of mainland Australia with a population of just over half a million people (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016). For an island with a relatively small population compared with other Australian states, Tasmania attracted 1.27 million visitors in the year 2016/ 2017 who stayed a total of 10.83 million nights (an average of 8.5 nights per trip); a 5.8% increase on the previous year (State of Tasmania, 2017).

History

Publication title

Annals of Tourism Research

Volume

75

Pagination

304-307

ISSN

0160-7383

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd

Place of publication

The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England, Ox5 1Gb

Rights statement

Copyright 2019 Elsevier Ltd.

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Economic issues in tourism; Socio-cultural issues in tourism

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