Published on : Friday, August 24, 2018
The home-sharing platform claimed that it delivered 5 million guests in 2017 to destinations in the Greater Mekong region, namely Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It represented an increase of 147% year-over-year.
The Greater Mekong region accounts for a significant number of Airbnb users. More than 7 million travellers from the region travelled with Airbnb to other destinations, creating offline connections across borders and cultures.
Among the most popular travel routes, demonstrated by Airbnb bookings, the top choice was travel between Thailand and Vietnam in both directions. Other combinations were Thailand-Cambodia, Vietnam-Cambodia and Thailand-China.
Airbnb has also experienced powerful growth in China and Vietnam. Thailand, which is Airbnb’s second largest market in the Greater Mekong after China, welcomed 1.2 million guests alone last year.
The top 10 countries supplying guests traveling with Airbnb were: China, the US, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and France.
Airbnb has also added Chiang Mai to its ‘Experiences’ to support creative and cultural products in the North Thailand destination.
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