Airbnb direct economic impact in European countries 2018

In Europe, the direct economic impact of Airbnb in 2018 was highest in France; There host earnings and guest spending was estimated to have contributed 10.8 billion U.S. dollars to the French economy. Airbnb hosts and guests in Spain and Italy had the next biggest impact, generating 6.9 billion and 6.4 billion U.S. dollars respectively.

Estimated direct economic impact of Airbnb in selected European countries in 2018* (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Estimated economic impact in billion U.S. dollars
France	10.8
Spain	6.9
Italy	6.4
UK	5.6
Portugal	2.3
Germany	2.3
Greece	1.4
Netherlands	1.3
Croatia	0.91
Ireland	0.83
Denmark	0.65
Switzerland	0.65
Austria	0.63
Czechia	0.56

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Release date

July 2019

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

* The direct economic impact is based on host income and estimated guest spending during trip.
The source adds the following details: "2018 estimated direct economic impact is the sum of Homes host earnings and estimated guest spending. Host earnings is based on internal Airbnb data. Estimated guest spending is based on nearly 12,000 responses to a voluntary survey sent to a sample of Airbnb guest accounts that had taken a trip to those countries in 2018. No payment or other incentive was provided in exchange for completing the survey."

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