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Airbnb announced this week that its growth in India accelerated over the last 12 months , making the country one of its fastest growing markets in the world . According to Airbnb co - founder , Nathan Blecharczyk : " India has seen tremendous growth in the last one year . About 17,000 properties are now listed in India and we saw 115 % growth in listing in 2015 from the previous year . In terms of travellers ( 2016 ) , there has been 185 % increase in travellers from India and 184 % increase in bookings in India ( in - bound ) from last year . " Airbnb is now seriously banking on India to increase its global reach , as the Indian outbound travel market is set to surpass $ 1 by 2020 .