Role of peer-to-peer accommodation sharing in attaining Sustainable Development Goals

The extant literature on peer-to-peer accommodation sharing has focused largely on the motivators prompting the travelers and the providers to opt for shared accommodations, but little attention has been paid to the sustainability aspect of this proxy accommodation service. The present study thus makes an attempt to bridge this gap by aligning the fundamentals of peer-to-peer accommodation sharing with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) attainment, specifically encompassing five core areas—People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnership—supplemented with a case study conducted on shared accommodations in the city of Amritsar, Punjab. The paper concludes that the fundamentals upon which peer-to-peer accommodation sharing works are contributing either directly or indirectly towards sustainable development goal attainment, and hence, shall be leveraged as a beacon for attaining both financial and sustainability outcomes from the tourism sector.