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THE AIRBNB COMMUNITY contributed an estimated €74 million to regional and rural communities across Ireland in the last year.
That’s according to an Airbnb report entitled “Home-Sharing: Empowering Regional & Rural Ireland”.
This includes €47 million of estimated visitor spending by driving extra footfall to local businesses and €27 million earned by the hosts themselves.
Some highlights of the report include:
Global Head of Customer Experience at Airbnb, Aisling Hassell said,
This report shows the positive impact this new form of tourism is having on more remote parts of the country that haven’t traditionally benefited from tourism, enabling guests to experience some of the most beautiful parts of The Emerald Isle, away from the typical holiday destinations.
The report is an analysis of all travel to, and within, regional and rural Ireland outside of Dublin, from September 2015 through to August 2016.
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