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KL is “pulling ahead of other popular tourist destinations around the world”.

“43% of homeowners in Malaysia surveyed have considered hosting to take advantage of the new appetite for travel.

The top-searched overseas country destinations by Malaysians on Airbnb this 2Q2022 were: 1 Great Britain, 2 Thailand, 3 Australia, 4 Switzerland, 5 France.

Typical earnings for non-urban Hosts in Malaysia have grown by approximately a third KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7): Data from the company has revealed that Airbnb nights booked in non-urban areas in the Asia-Pacific have increased.

Malaysia Budget and Business Hotel Association national president Dr Sri Ganesh Michiel said the association requests Airbnb, which runs an online marketplace for lodging, not to mislead any party for the benefit and survival of an unregulated or unlicensed business.

PETALING JAYA (May 11): Airbnb has welcomed the Penang state government's recent decision to regulate short-term rental accommodation (STRA), instead of banning it altogether.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): A new survey has found that over half of all respondents are likely to stay at short-term rental accommodation when they travel domestically and more than two thirds (68%) of Malaysians surveyed are likely to use Airbnb when they next travel.

Sitting on a plot measuring an estimated one acre, Ukkay, a bed and breakfast (B&B) resides in a two-storey former plantation house.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 29): Airbnb Southeast Asia has lauded the government initiative of introducing Malaysia Digital Nomad Program in catalysing the industry’s recovery as it paves a new era for the tourism industry.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): More than 60% of new Airbnb hosts in Malaysia in the first half of 2021 (1H21) comprised millennials aged between 25 and 40.