New Nordic Report on the impact of Airbnb hosts

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Picture: Visit North Iceland

A new report on the Impact of Airbnb Hosts on Local Arctic Economies was just published. The report includes the main findings of a Nordic project, funded by the Nordic Arctic Co-operation Program (ACP), that the ITRC has been a part of for the past two years.

The main aim of the project was to study Airbnb hosts and their contribution to sustainable destination development and community formation in the local economies of the case-study regions of Northern Jutland (Denmark), Norðurland (Iceland) and Nordland (Norway). All of which represent typical Arctic and Nordic peripheral communities and economies.

The report can be read it its entirety HERE and with the main findings being divided into three parts:

• The characteristics of the Entrepreneurship of the Airbnb Hosts
• Airbnb Hosts and their Local Consumption
• Airbnb Operations and the Effects on Local Tourism Networks