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| + | In 2016, there were 1.459 billion departures made by international outbound tourists from their country of usual residences, which was an increase of 46% from the 999 million departures in 2006, in a span of 10 years.[1] | ||
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| + | A key factor that has contributed significantly to the tourism industry is the rise of the sharing economy. According to UNWTO (2017), the sharing economy is “the sharing of access to goods and services from peer-to-peer / private-to-private coordinated through community-based online services”. Despite having a business model that deviates from the conventional hospitality business strategy, Airbnb, a platform which allows peer-to-peer hosting and rental of private homes, has become a significant player in the hospitality industry. | ||
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| + | Therefore, this project aims to create a visualisation of the spatial relationship between crime and hospitality, and to delve deeper into understanding the difference in the relationship between crime and the conventional hospitality business – Hotels and Hostels, and between crime and Airbnb. Additionally, this project will drill down into visualizing the different types of crimes that are most spatially related to the different categories of hospitality business. | ||
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Exploring how Geospatial Relationships affects Crime in Airbnb versus Hotels
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In 2016, there were 1.459 billion departures made by international outbound tourists from their country of usual residences, which was an increase of 46% from the 999 million departures in 2006, in a span of 10 years.[1] <Insert graph: World Bank’s Widget> <iframe src="https://data.worldbank.org/share/widget?end=2016&indicators=ST.INT.DPRT&start=1995" width='450' height='300' frameBorder='0' scrolling="no" ></iframe> Additionally, the tourism industry has contributed significantly to the world’s economy, where the recorded expenditure of international outbound tourists in other countries amounted to USD 1.362 trillion[2]. <Insert graph: World Bank’s Widget> <iframe src="https://data.worldbank.org/share/widget?end=2016&indicators=ST.INT.XPND.CD&start=1995" width='450' height='300' frameBorder='0' scrolling="no" ></iframe> A key factor that has contributed significantly to the tourism industry is the rise of the sharing economy. According to UNWTO (2017), the sharing economy is “the sharing of access to goods and services from peer-to-peer / private-to-private coordinated through community-based online services”. Despite having a business model that deviates from the conventional hospitality business strategy, Airbnb, a platform which allows peer-to-peer hosting and rental of private homes, has become a significant player in the hospitality industry. However, we understand that there are various social and environmental implications that comes with the growing global hospitality business. Prior researches have shown that there is a relationship between crime and public disorder, and tourism[3], and tourists are often the victims of these crimes.[4] Therefore, this project aims to create a visualisation of the spatial relationship between crime and hospitality, and to delve deeper into understanding the difference in the relationship between crime and the conventional hospitality business – Hotels and Hostels, and between crime and Airbnb. Additionally, this project will drill down into visualizing the different types of crimes that are most spatially related to the different categories of hospitality business.
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