This evening, He Shuangquan, president of the Yunnan Tourist Bed and Breakfast Industry Association, said in a live broadcast on the official account, “We welcome the reasonable competition of OTA platforms. You can make your software more optimized, less advertising, simpler interface, and more convenient to use, but why should you decide what apps I like to use? Must I go to your platform to buy something? Do we have to join the homestay team? This is actually something we are particularly opposed to; is it already involved in monopoly? We actually want the platform to become more standardized, which means full bloom.” He also said that in fact, the commission is between 8% and 15%, and many homestays have no comments. But the real problem is that in addition to these obvious costs, there are also more hidden platform fees in the industry. “Some OTAs have a combined commission rate of 30% to 40%. We can't help but ask, under the pressure of such high rates, where is the real market space and profit margin for homestays?” He bluntly stated, “My operating income is largely viewed as a source of revenue for the platform, which has led to most of the profits being split. Many times, the platform earns more than operators like us that actually provide services; this is really making 'hard earned money'.”

This evening, He Shuangquan, president of the Yunnan Tourist Bed and Breakfast Industry Association, said in a live broadcast on the official account, “We welcome the reasonable competition of OTA platforms. You can make your software more optimized, less advertising, simpler interface, and more convenient to use, but why should you decide what apps I like to use? Must I go to your platform to buy something? Do we have to join the homestay team? This is actually something we are particularly opposed to; is it already involved in monopoly? We actually want the platform to become more standardized, which means full bloom.” He also said that in fact, the commission is between 8% and 15%, and many homestays have no comments. But the real problem is that in addition to these obvious costs, there are also more hidden platform fees in the industry. “Some OTAs have a combined commission rate of 30% to 40%. We can't help but ask, under the pressure of such high rates, where is the real market space and profit margin for homestays?” He bluntly stated, “My operating income is largely viewed as a source of revenue for the platform, which has led to most of the profits being split. Many times, the platform earns more than operators like us that actually provide services; this is really making 'hard earned money'.”