Airbnb first revealed statistics in Russia

From May 2016 to April 2017, in Russia through AIRBNB, housing in the amount of $ 32 million, taking into account the service commission, rented out. This was written by RBC with reference to the report provided by the company, the publication clarifies that Airbnb first revealed statistics in Russia.

The service commission from the owners of the rented housing is 3-5%, from the guests - 5-15%. Thus, RBC notes, Airbnb revenue in Russia for the specified period could reach $ 6.4 million.

Most of all through Airbnb rented housing in St. Petersburg-four thousand landlords against 2.7 thousand in Moscow.

Over the year, the owners of apartments accepted 400 thousand tourists, this is 85% more than in the same period a year earlier. Of the specified number of guests, 43% were in St. Petersburg, 25% for Moscow.

Basically, tourists book apartments (77% of ads), 19% of the reservations - individual rooms, on average guests stop at 4.5 nights.

In April, the company liquidated the Russian “daughter”, but did not reduce the staff and hired more specialists to promote in Russia.