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Palma de Mallorca, España
n the lastfive years, home rentals for tourists have generated significant media and social concern. Since theeconomic crisis of 2007−2008, online platforms have emerged that have boosted the collaborative economyand provided security and trust. There are two positions related to the impacts of peer-to-peer and interme-diation platforms: some consider them to reflect the destruction of tourist destinations at the hands of inter-national corporations, while others allege that they have helped improve the incomes of many families andmeet demand. These positions raise doubts, and based on the descriptive analysis of secondary public datafrom Spain, this study makes afirst approximation of the actual situation. The results indicate that the plat-forms have given online visibility to business that already existed, while tourist rentals cater to specific mar-ket niches and adjust hotel supply to tourist demand. The study concludes that tourist rentals have beenconfused with the real problem: large and rapid increases in demand that are difficult to manage, aggravat-ing mismatches in the rental market that are the result of multiple factors.
