‘Your home—away from home’: Tourist homes and hospitality as resistance

Bottone, Ethan

doi:10.1080/14616688.2022.2032311

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“…The academic research literature generally addresses HBCH in the context of overnight accommodations with families living in rural areas and offering direct interaction between guests and local hosts (Bottone, 2023). Lynch (2005) referred to HBCH as a type of "commercial home enterprise" in which guests pay to stay in private accommodation and interact with their hosts in a shared space during the visit, so that HBCH represents the commercialization of a private home with the residential space used for profitable purposes (Janjua, Krishnapillai, & Rahman, 2021).…”

Section: Hbch As An Expression Of Cbtmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hosts' perspective on home-based commercial hospitality: Evidence from the desert city of Arad, Israel

Sandler,

Shani,

Shilo

2023

IHR

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PurposeHome-based commercial hospitality (HBCH) is the focus of this study. This community-based tourism (CBT), which has received little research attention, is examined to reveal the meaning of commercially hosting visitors in private homes for experiential meetings on a variety of topics such as food, art, culture, folklore and various workshops.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research method was adopted, using semi-structured, in-depth interviews with HBCH providers in the desert town of Arad, located in southern Israel.FindingsThe study reveals the impact of this unusual occupation on the host's quality of life, the factors that encourage and suppress involvement in this entrepreneurship, as well as the positive and negative consequences of HBCH on the local environment.Practical implicationsThe findings could offer important guidelines to municipalities and local governments seeking to encourage CBT and sustainable micro-enterprises.Originality/valueHBCH is a recent phenomenon and, as such, has been little researched. This study of one community raises issues that may be shared by HBCH enterprises. The findings could contribute to developing such initiatives elsewhere, avoiding the obstacles faced in this pioneering effort.

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Section: Hbch As An Expression Of Cbtmentioning

confidence: 99%