For at least the second straight year, Summit County remains Colorado’s most popular mountain destination, according to the latest booking numbers reported by the popular accommodations website Airbnb.com.
In fact, only Denver with 477,100 arrivals and $74.6 million in host income beat out Summit County, which logged 275,300 arrivals for $57 million in host income, according to Airbnb.com. For comparison, El Paso County, which has Colorado Springs, was third in arrivals with 146,800. Meanwhile, Boulder took the third slot for host income at $22.9 million.
Airbnb.com tweaked its reporting system since last year when the company reported Breckenridge was behind Denver and ranked Keystone and Silverthorne, which are both in Summit County, as the No. 7 and 8 destinations in Colorado, respectively.
Other mountain communities to make Airbnb.com’s top 10 list for Colorado were No. 7 Grand (78,600 arrivals for $11.6 million in income), No. 8 Eagle (60,600 arrivals for $19 million in income) and No. 9 Routt (54,600 arrivals for $10 million) counties.
Statewide, Airbnb.com logged 1.8 million guest arrivals who produced $309 million in supplemental income combined for the hosts throughout 2018. There are approximately 19,000 Colorado homes on Airbnb.com and 18 percent of these hosts are 60 years of age or older.
Additionally, Airbnb.com says it is now collecting applicable taxes for the state, Basalt, Boulder, Broomfield, Carbondale, Colorado Springs, Cortez, Denver, Durango, Loveland, Pagosa Springs, Silverthorne, Steamboat Springs, Snowmass Village, Timnath and Windsor.
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“The home sharing community provides signficiant value by expanding loding capacity for Colorado communities when hotels sell out during big events and popular weekend,” reads a news release from Airbnb.com. “These include Colorado Springs during the (U.S. Air Force Academy) graduation week, Denver during major concerts and festivals, and ski towns during the height of the ski season.”