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• The (over)touristification of European historic cities: a relation between urban heritage and short-term rental market demand

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  • Ł. Bugalski

  - Year 2023

  In this chapter, I wish to highlight the critical relationship between heritage management issues and building environment transformation. I argue that such a relationship is directly expressed through the tourism phenomenon, and it should be measured through the economic dimension of the short-term rental market, which introduces this rule of thumb: if there is a lack of demand, the brand of the city is weak; if there is too much...

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• The Touristification of Italian Historic City Centres: The Lesson for Central Europe about the Airbnb Eruption

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  • Ł. Bugalski

  - Year 2021

  The unparalleled scale of the recent growth in tourism – the rise of the number of temporary visitors – could not have emerged without the impact on other socio‑economic aspects, namely, a change on the part of the destinations. Especially historic city centres are vulnerable to such an impact that could be manifested through diverse transformations of public space usage, housing market economics, availability of services, employment...