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Special Section: Digital Technology Tourism and Inequality

Airbnb’s contribution to socio-spatial inequalities and geographies of resistance in Barcelona

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Pages 978-1001 | Received 26 Jul 2019, Accepted 18 Jun 2020, Published online: 24 Jul 2020

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