Airbnb Hosted 228,000 Visitors To Costa Rica In The Past 12 Months, 8% Of All Visitor Arrivals

Q COSTA RICA – A tree house, a beachfront condo or a room in Heredia is the choice of some 228,000 visitors to Costa Rica who preferred Airbnb for their accommodation rental in the past 12 months.
This number represents 8% of all arrivals in 2015 (2,925,128) according to the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) – Tourism Board – figures.
According to Airbnb, more and more visitors (tourists, people on business, etc) to Costa Rica are preferring to rent a private property than a hotel room
Airbnb data reveals that 65% of renters prefer to rent out the entire property, while the rest prefer a shared space, ie a room.
Shawn Sullivan, Airbnb director of Public Policies, told La Nacion, in Costa Rica there are some 7,200 hosts that

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