AIRBNB originally referred to sleeping on an air mattress but these days it can mean the short-term letting of an extra bedroom in one’s home or the whole apartment or house.
“Home owners cashing in on Airbnb” (The Star, March 17) is good news for our tourism industry. Malaysia is ranked ninth in the world for tourist arrivals. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 ranked Malaysia 25th out of 141 countries overall, which was the fifth best in Asia. Hence, the Airbnb option would play a useful part in our tourism business.
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