PHOENIX — While fewer people traveled during the last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Airbnb says hundreds of people signed up to have their homes listed on the vacation rental online marketplace, bringing in $1.5 million in Phoenix since March 2020.
The data released this week by Airbnb (Nasdaq: ABNB) reveals that new hosts with only one listing who began accepting guests after March 2020 have already earned a collective $1.5 million in Phoenix, $15 million in Arizona and more than $1 billion globally.
In the U.S., Airbnb said new hosts earned $3,900 on average since March 2020, which a majority of hosts said goes towards paying important bills.
Airbnb said that during the past year, 55% of its new hosts are women, which the company pointed out have been leaving the workforce at faster rates than men during the pandemic.
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