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The mission of Airbnb is to encourage local tourism, see 'Bounce' at Travel
Airbnb said Thursday that the house-sharing website announced a "bounce" on bookings in order to encourage short-haul travel as a pandemic reduction.
'COVID-19 has suffered tremendously from the travel industry, like AirBnb, and there is still considerable confusion,' the company said.
"But our booking information shows that the trip starts bouncing back."
As a sign of improvement, Airbnb noted that between 17 May and 6 June more nights had been reserved for travel to Airbnb in the USA than during the same span of a year ago.
It's partner with local organisations, tourist bodies all around the world, including the US National Park Foundation and the French Association of Rural Mayors. The home-sharing platform is a daily development trend.
"We update the app and the site to help guests rediscover the magic in their own backyards and make it easy to book local journeys, including last minute trips, in response to the demand for nearby trips," the company added.
"It involves suggestions and the focus on frequent trips in the area."
Nearly half of the people in the United States who participated in an Airbnb survey found that they tend to live inside one day on their own as travel limits are lifted.
More than half of the reservations made by Airbnb in May were not more than 320 kilometers.
"The most popular terms on Airbnb's recently released wishlists were beach and summer 2020, so people are obviously keen to take the route," said Airbnb.
"Furthermore, Airbnb guests have a larger number of families."
Airbnb said that it cooperates to attract new tourists and to improve economic development with local authorities, charities and tourism agences.
One fourth of Airbnb 's workforce – about 1,900 people – slashed last month as the travel industry was crushed under the coronavirus pandemic.
Airbnb co-founder and Chairman Brian Chesky said in a blog post of the time that the reduction was needed for the San Francisco-based company to survive before people start to travel again.
New "protocols" for the cleaning of travelers were recently announced by the company.
