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Airbnb is launching a new business channel in New Zealand, which could further increase the global accommodation platform's sway in the tourism market. It comes weeks after Auckland Mayor Phil Goff imposed a bed tax on online accommodation providers, with Airbnb facing on-going criticism for exacerbating a shortage of housing in tourism hot spots.
The new product is Airbnb Experience, enabling anyone to sell an activity to a visitor, such as a Cuba Street Culinary Tour or riding a Penny Farthing in Oamaru.
Airbnb Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, Sam McDonagh speaks to Lynn Freeman.
