Demand for alternative accommodation picking up


Changing scenario: See says the current situation is a result of oversupply.

MAN’S search for the new and unique is never ending. It goes beyond the four walls into space travel. Neither their pursuit for gains and rewards.

The journey to find both was clearly evident when Airbnb’s head of public policy for South-East Asia Michelle Goh said a couple of days ago the Airbnb community in Malaysia is among the fastest growing in South-East Asia. Thanks to the growing community of Airbnb hosts who put up their vacant units for short and long-term leases and the two million travellers who use the platform, a 99% growth over the previous year. There are now 44,000 listings, a year-on-year increase, says Goh.

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