2023-05-31 13:08:00
Galicians made some 224,000 stays through this platform last year, which represents an increase of almost 40%
31 may 2023 . Updated at 1:09 p.m.
Eight out of ten people who offer accommodation in Galicia through Airbnb only have one advertised on the platform. That is to say,They offer to share part of their house or a second residence. For the company, this would be a sign that the Galician hosts are mostly ordinary citizens looking to make their village house or flat on the beach profitable, and not companies or large homeowners.
Thus, most, specifically 84% do not have hosting as their main occupation. Another piece of information that completes the profile is that 57% of the hosts in Galicia are women, compared to the 53% state average.
Airbnb has also provided data on how much these hosts earn on average. In Galicia, they earn around 2,850 euros a year, compared to 4,750 for the typical host in Spain. in 2022. According to a survey carried out by the platform itself, 32% of Galician hosts indicated that this additional income helped them make ends meet, in the midst of escalating prices and the rising cost of living. In addition, 37% indicate that what they get by renting their property for short stays helps them to be able to continue living in their own home.
Guest Profile
As for the guest staying in Galicia through Airbnb, the platform reveals that it has a average age of 40 years and that average number of people per stay is three. In fact, family trips that involve at least two adults and one child are among those that have grown the most among Spanish travelers who resort to this type of short-term rental.
Guests in Galicia usually spend an average of four nights in accommodationand the nationalities that visit the community the most by staying through Airbnb are the Spanish themselves, followed by the Portuguese, Americans, French and British.
224,000 Galician stays with Airbnb last year
According to 2022 activity data released by Airbnb, last year Galician trips with this platform grew by almost 40%Around 84,000 Galician residents used this system to find accommodation in foreign countries, and almost 140,000 resorted to it to travel within the country, the most visited destinations being the Galician community itself, Madrid, Andalusia and Asturias.
Throughout Spain, the number of Spanish guests managed by the platform exceeded 6.6 million (4.2 on internal trips and 2.4 on trips abroad).
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