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Airbnb and the Hotel Industry in Warsaw: An Example of the Sharing Economy?


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Fig. 1

The number of Airbnb offers by room typeSource: Author’s own calculation.
The number of Airbnb offers by room typeSource: Author’s own calculation.

Fig. 2

Airbnb supply by ownership structure: Share of Airbnb listings by the number of listings owned by hostSource: Author’s own calculation
Airbnb supply by ownership structure: Share of Airbnb listings by the number of listings owned by hostSource: Author’s own calculation

Fig. 3

The Airbnb network on a map of WarsawSource: Author’s own calculation.
The Airbnb network on a map of WarsawSource: Author’s own calculation.

Fig. 4

Violin plots of the distance of Airbnb listings from the city centre and the nearest metro stationSource: Author’s own calculation.
Violin plots of the distance of Airbnb listings from the city centre and the nearest metro stationSource: Author’s own calculation.

Fig. 5

The share of Airbnb’s guest capacity relative to the bed places offered by all other accommodation providers by districtSource: Author’s own calculations.
The share of Airbnb’s guest capacity relative to the bed places offered by all other accommodation providers by districtSource: Author’s own calculations.

Fig. 6

District shares of Airbnb and traditional accommodation bed places (excluding Śródmieście)Source: Author’s own calculations.
District shares of Airbnb and traditional accommodation bed places (excluding Śródmieście)Source: Author’s own calculations.

Comparison of the supply of Airbnb and traditional hospitality services by district

DistrictsAll tourist objects: numberbed placesHotels: numberbed placesAirbnb numberbed placesAirbnb bed pl./All tourist ob. bed pl.
Bemowo449133365115531.6%
Białołęka766954773413920.8%
Bielany549922089527054.1%
Mokotów213,18372,259508165952.1%
Ochota112,86852,18822280027.9%
Praga-Poł.8896369423678387.4%
Praga-Pół.53822225195682178.5%
Rembertów21120072320.5%
Śródmieście4911,9212610,1731903692158.1%
Targówek19919948162163.6%
Ursus130001755183.3%
Ursynów91,22951,10215852042.3%
Wawer121,7584547311216.9%
Wesoła1175117563419.4%
Wilanów444622745020044.8%
Włochy143,191123,039712497.8%
Wola133,02082,484753273090.4%
Żoliborz15200112358688.5%

Distribution of Airbnb and traditional hospitality services supply by district

DistrictsUseful floor area of dwellingsAirbnb numAll tourist objects numberHotels numberAirbnb bed placesAll tourist objects bed placesHotels bed places
Bemowo6.31%1.1%2.4%3.5%1.0%1.6%1.4%
Białołęka6.81%0.8%4.2%5.8%0.9%2.2%2.0%
Bielany6.63%2.1%3.0%2.3%1.7%1.6%0.9%
Mokotów12.94%11.3%12.5%8.1%10.5%10.3%9.3%
Ochota4.48%4.9%6.5%5.8%5.0%9.2%9.0%
Praga-Poł.9.29%5.2%4.8%3.5%4.9%2.9%2.9%
Praga-Pół.2.83%4.3%3.0%2.3%4.3%1.2%0.9%
Rembertów1.40%0.2%1.2%0.0%0.1%0.4%0.0%
Śródmieście7.07%42.3%29.2%30.2%43.6%38.4%41.9%
Targówek5.67%1.1%0.6%1.2%1.0%0.3%0.4%
Ursus2.91%0.4%0.6%0.0%0.3%0.1%0.0%
Ursynów9.17%3.5%5.4%5.8%3.3%4.0%4.5%
Wawer5.77%0.7%7.1%4.7%0.8%5.7%2.3%
Wesoła1.84%0.1%0.6%1.2%0.2%0.6%0.7%
Wilanów3.62%1.1%2.4%2.3%1.3%1.4%1.1%
Włochy2.69%1.6%8.3%14.0%1.6%10.3%12.5%
Wola7.34%16.7%7.7%9.3%17.2%9.7%10.2%
Żoliborz3.22%2.5%0.6%0.0%2.3%0.2%0.0%

Share of Airbnb listings by type and by the number of listings owned by host

12344+
Entire home46.3%11.2%5.6%3.3%33.6%
Private room8.4%15.2%9.3%5.4%21.7%
Shared room46.2%11.8%12.9%4.3%24.7%