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New Delhi [India], March 6: This International Women’s Day, Airbnb is celebrating the rising group of girls hosts and travellers who’re driving hospitality and journey tendencies throughout India. Nearly 30% of Airbnb hosts in India are girls(1), they usually handle virtually 35% of Guest Favourite listings(2), highlighting their influence in delivering distinctive visitor experiences and shaping native tourism.
Embracing this yr’s theme, ‘Give to Gain’, Airbnb acknowledges the function girls play in strengthening communities by internet hosting and journey. By sharing their houses, tradition and native information, girls hosts are creating financial alternatives not just for themselves but in addition for his or her communities.
Highlighting Airbnb’s dedication to enabling girls entrepreneurs throughout India, Amanpreet Singh Bajaj, Airbnb’s Country Head for India and Southeast Asia, mentioned, ‘Women who host will not be simply constructing profitable companies, but in addition strengthening native economies and communities. When girls share their houses, expertise and tales, they create alternatives not only for themselves, however for others round them. In flip, company contribute to native livelihoods, serving to flow into worth deeper into communities. When girls thrive, total communities profit.’
Beyond internet hosting, Indian girls vacationers are additionally more and more shaping journey tendencies on Airbnb. Duo journey adopted by small group journeys remained the preferred journey kind amongst Indian girls vacationers. In phrases of locations, internationally Dubai, London, Bangkok, Paris, Ubud, Amsterdam, Tokyo and Rome have been essentially the most searched locations for Indian girls vacationers in 2025. Domestically, North and South Goa, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Jaipur, Gurugram, and Pune District have been essentially the most searched locations.(3)
Beyond established hotspots, girls travellers are more and more exploring rising and culturally wealthy locations. Dakshina Kannada and Mathura each recorded roughly 50% year-on-year improve in bookings, signalling rising curiosity in religious, heritage and nature-led journey. Internationally, the city of Kazbegi in Georgia recorded an over 100% year-on-year improve in bookings on Airbnb.(4)
This rising momentum towards rising and off-beat locations displays a broader shift amongst girls travellers towards extra intentional, experience-led journeys, the place journey not solely creates private recollections but in addition helps native communities and smaller tourism ecosystems.
Airbnb has additionally been working to strengthen this ecosystem by initiatives such because the Airbnb Entrepreneurship Academy in Goa, the primary of its variety in India. The program equips aspiring homestay entrepreneurs with expertise in hospitality, enterprise fundamentals and sustainable internet hosting, with a devoted concentrate on empowering girls and supporting rural communities. Many of the organizations in India receiving donations from the Airbnb Community Fund this yr additionally work to advance alternatives for girls.
Sharing her journey, Babita, a Host in Uttarakhand who upskilled by the Airbnb Entrepreneurship Academy, mentioned, ‘Before the Airbnb Academy coaching, we have been working a homestay with out actually figuring out how. Airbnb taught us essential expertise like methods to register, methods to host, and methods to share our tradition. It gave me the arrogance to develop my small concept right into a sustainable livelihood.’
This International Women’s Day, Airbnb continues its dedication to creating extra inclusive alternatives for girls. Through internet hosting and journey, girls throughout India are serving to construct stronger native economies whereas contributing to a extra numerous and resilient tourism panorama.
About Airbnb
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three company to their San Francisco dwelling, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who’ve welcomed over 2 billion visitor arrivals in virtually each nation throughout the globe. Every day, hosts supply distinctive stays and experiences that make it attainable for company to attach with communities in a extra genuine approach.
(1) Based on Airbnb inside knowledge for 2025, for Indian hosts self-identified as girls.
(2) Based on Airbnb inside knowledge of Guest Favourite listings in India, for hosts self-identified as girls.
(3) Based on Airbnb inside search knowledge for Indian company self-identified as girls in 2025.
(4) Based on Airbnb inside reserving knowledge on high home and worldwide locations for Indian girls travellers in 2025.
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