At a time when there is a fierce war between Russia and Ukraine for the last 10 days and Ukrainians are running away from their country, then what can be the meaning of booking a room in this war-torn country. There is a huge jump in room booking in Ukraine, evacuating its citizens trapped in the country. Veteran vacation rental company Airbnb has reported that Ukraine is witnessing a surge in bookings for rooms listed on its site.
People booking on Airbnb, what is the reason?
Where the people of Ukraine themselves are leaving the country, how will the people of other countries live there? The United Nations said on Sunday that more than one million people have now left Ukraine in search of security, and that millions more are expected to leave. In such a situation, the guests booking rooms here are booking rooms with the intention of helping this troubled country, not staying.
US media reports say that most of these bookings have been made from the US. According to reports, these guests have no plans to visit the places booked by them. They are only trying to help Ukraine.
According to a CNN report, an Airbnb spokesperson reported that on March 2 and March 3, guests from around the world booked more than 61,000 rooms in Ukraine. According to the report, a person making the booking also wrote a message along with the booking. She wrote, “I hope you and your lovely apartment are safe and this terrible war is over… and Ukraine is safe… I will come one day and see you, please trust me, and when I get there So I will be with you. God bless you.. God be with your city, your country.”
In response to the guest’s message, the host wrote, “We would love to see you and hug you in the peaceful city of Kyiv.”
In fact, this social media campaign to send money to Ukraine became popular overnight when Airbnb hosts from other countries started booking Ukrainian Airbnb space. He gave the message that it is only for help.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the campaign gained momentum when Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky retweeted one of the messages. According to data released by Airbnb on Friday, US guests booked 34,000 nights, UK guests booked 8,000 nights, and Canadians about 3,000, and they all made $19 million. have helped. The company said it has waived all its service charges for bookings.