Bullish on India, will continue to invest in the market: Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk

Online accommodation hosting platform Airbnb is bullish on India, which has emerged as one of its fastest growing countries last year, and the company will continue to invest here, according to its co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Nathan Blecharczyk.

The company, which has introduced its new ‘Airbnb Rooms’ category with over 50 new features, is hopeful that it would be able to help overseas travellers unfamiliar with India to discover the country and drive growth in cross-border travel through its platform.

“India is important to us because it represents a huge potential, the largest country (population) in the world, huge growing middle class,