Moving “Cultura&Sostenibilitat” (by atmlleida) (via D. Cucurull)
Quan Colom va tornar de “descobrir” Amèrica es va trobar amb els Reis Catolics aquí. (at Plaça del Rei)
Forbes: Airbnb Had $56 Million Impact On San Francisco
I thought this was a really interesting read!
One of the major questions about the sharing economy or collaborative consumption companies is how these services affect local economies and what economic benefits they bring.
Now Airbnb, the Y Combinator company that enables people to rent out their homes to travelers, has released a study it commissioned that analyzes its economic effect on San Francisco. It also shows the growing impact and large potential of collaborative consumption companies, which are redefining the meaning of economic activity in a highly Internet-connected population where sharing and renting among peers in some cases replaces ownership and buying.
The study says that $56 million in total was spent by Airbnb travelers over the course of a year in San Francisco. That includes $12.7 million spent on renting that went to Airbnb hosts (not including the approximately 3% fee that Airbnb gets), plus $43.1 million spent on San francisco businesses. That includes $11.8 million on food and beverage, $10.8 million on retail, $9.8 million on services, $5.7 million on entertainment and $4.0 million on transportation…
One notable finding is that Airbnb hosts renting out their homes are generating income that is crucial to them staying in the place they live…
In addition, while 59% of Airbnb hosts are employed full-time, about 20% are freelancers, 12% are employed part-time and 7% are unemployed. So for those working freelance or part-time, Airbnb can help them stay in their apartment or home. As a measure of that, survey found that 42% of hosts used Airbnb money for regular living expenses. Another 48% used the money for extra spending money. Separately 56% of hosts said they used their Airbnb income for rent or mortgage…
For San Francisco neighborhoods, Airbnb makes an impact by distributing what would have gone towards hotels and distributes it throughout the city. As shown in he map, 72% of Airbnb properties are outside of the 6 zip codes with the most hotels in San Francisco. When travelers stay in these local neighborhoods, they spent in areas they normally wouldn’t–a total of $15 million outside of those six zip codes, particularly in areas like the Mission, SOMA/Potrero Hill, Haight Ashbury and Castro. In one case study, the report found that in one zip code in the Mission, 52% of Airbnb guests visited the Mission, while just 17% of hotel guests visited the same area…
This also means that more money from tourism stays in the local economy.
La que ballen els hostessos a “Los amantes pasajeros”, d’Almodóvar.
