Airbnb is leaving China. Kind of surprised that China represents just 1% of their revenues

Airbnb is closing its domestic business in China, sources say

Airbnb is leaving China. Kind of surprised that China represents just 1% of their revenues Airbnb is closing its domestic business in China, sources say All mainland Chinese listings — homes and experiences — will be taken down by this summer. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/airbnb-is-closing-its-domestic-business-in-china-sources-say.html

Jozhe

Excellent (from Nov) analysis of the issues Airbnb faced by doing business with China, and especially in China. the facts laid out by here give a great sense of how complicated these sorts of issues are and of how thin the needle Western companies must thread to continue doing business with China. If you read it, I guess your reaction may be like mine, which is “yeah, now I totally understand why AirBnb chose to get out of China.” 

https://www.axios.com/2021/11/30/airbnb-xinjiang-listings-sanctions-china

Excellent (from Nov) analysis of the issues Airbnb faced by doing business with China, and especially in China. the facts laid out by here give a great sense of how complicated these sorts of issues are and of how thin the needle Western companies must thread to continue doing business with China. If you read it, I guess your reaction may be like mine, which is “yeah, now I totally understand why AirBnb chose to get out of China.”   https://www.axios.com/2021/11/30/airbnb-xinjiang-listings-sanctions-china

The listings expose Airbnb to regulatory risk under U.S. law.

Airbnb hosts Xinjiang rentals on land owned by sanctioned group

Understandable business decision, but too bad for the small foreign community left here. Many places on 携程 途家 etc that are not in overtly touristy places don’t accept foreigners.

I usually use 去哪儿 or 飞猪. Feel like it’s even cheaper than airbnb and easier to filter places that accept foreigners. Still thought that Airbnb is quite popular

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A group of likeminded people in The Most Important Thing are talking about this.