{"id":253509,"date":"2018-06-22T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T11:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=253509"},"modified":"2018-06-22T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T11:37:24","slug":"5-unique-and-awesome-places-to-stay-on-airbnb-in-south-africa-including-a-cave-a-castle-and-a-luxury-yacht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/253509\/5-unique-and-awesome-places-to-stay-on-airbnb-in-south-africa-including-a-cave-a-castle-and-a-luxury-yacht\/","title":{"rendered":"5 unique and awesome places to stay on Airbnb in South Africa – including a cave, a castle and a luxury yacht"},"content":{"rendered":"

Airbnb recently published data on the growing popularity of the home sharing app in South Africa.<\/p>\n

According to the data, South Africa welcomed nearly 830,000 inbound guests in 2017, and 551,000 outbound guests travelled from South Africa to other destinations, creating over a million connections across the world.<\/p>\n

These incoming guests also brought money with them, and the data shows that the typical South African host earned R24,633 renting out their space for an average of 17 nights.<\/p>\n

Cape Town, by some margin, attracted the most Airbnb visitors, with 350,000 guest arrivals last year, followed by Johannesburg (60,000), and Durban, with 40,000 arrivals.<\/p>\n

Due to the stagnant economy, and rising living costs, South Africans are ever increasingly looking for supplementary income. As such, the app has attracted a number of quirky, yet charming local listings.<\/p>\n

BusinessTech has selected five listings which stand out from the crowd:<\/p>\n

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