Airbnb’s
Hospitality Index: America’s Most Hospitable Cities
Every day,
Airbnb hosts across the US are practicing the ultimate form of hospitality:
opening their homes to travelers from all over the world. Whether it’s a tour
of their city, a home-cooked meal, or even just a bottle of wine in the fridge,
hospitality is at the core of the Airbnb experience they offer. This got us
wondering: where are Airbnb hosts doing this the best? What are the most
hospitable cities in America?
One of America’s
most hospitable cities
Memphis, Tennessee
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treated like family. Within minutes, they’re on a first-name basis with hosts’
families—and pets!
Memphis is a
city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county
seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of
the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
Memphis had
a population of 670,132
in 2012, making it the largest city in the state of
Tennessee, the largest city on the Mississippi River, the third largest in the
Southeastern United States, and the 20th largest in the United States. The
greater Memphis metropolitan area, including adjacent counties in Mississippi
and Arkansas, had a 2010 population of 1, 316, 100. This makes Memphis the
second-largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, surpassed only by metropolitan
Nashville. Memphis is the youngest of Tennessee's major cities. A resident of
Memphis is referred to as a Memphian, and the Memphis region is known,
particularly to media outlets, as "Memphis & the Mid-South
One of the
largest celebrations of the city is Memphis in May. The month-long series of
events promotes Memphis' heritage and outreach of its people far beyond the
city's borders. The four main events are the Beale Street Music Festival,
International Week, The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, and the
Sunset Symphony. The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is the largest
pork barbecue-cooking contest in the world.
