Recently, at the Global Conference on Jobs and Inclusive Growth: Partnerships for Sustainable Tourism, Airbnb launched a new report and roadmap for advancing sustainable tourism through home sharing. The report looks at several cases studies of partnerships that Airbnb has piloted in the past few years to help get new homeowners onto the platform and train local communities.

Airbnb expects that by 2030, 400 million Airbnb guests will have stayed in developing countries and that there will be more than 28 million hosts.

Airbnb views its model as a way to democratize tourism, both by allowing more people in communities that are tourist destinations to benefit, and for some by reducing the costs so that vacations become a possibility, Lehane told Devex in an interview. In doing so, the model can also serve as a tool for sustainable economic development, he said, adding that home-sharing platforms, such as Airbnb, can help keep more tourism dollars in communities.

Read the full article about Airbnb's expansion efforts in developing countries at Devex International Development.