SHOULD HOTELIERS FEEL THREATENED BY AIRBNB?
Mar 13, 2019
3 minutes
Words: MIRIRO MATEMA
after a recent announcement from Airbnb that bookings in Nigeria have increased by 213% as of June 2018, with Ghana and Mozambique coming in second and third, what does this mean for hoteliers in Africa? While the results mean that there is increased interest by international guests to visit Africa, a win for the economy, are hoteliers losing out because of the online booking platform?
Since Airbnb started, 3.5 million guests have arrived at listings across Africa as a whole, with two million guests having arrived at listings on Airbnb in South Africa – roughly half of these
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