The home accommodation provider Airbnb is holding a workshop this week in the Cook Islands as part of a regional push to try to attract more locals to join.
The company has teamed up with Pacific Trade Invest Australia to provide training through a series of workshops across the Pacific.
The first workshop was in Samoa back in February, and the Cook Islands is holding theirs on 6 April.
Cook Islands Tourism's marketing manager says she's witnessed rapid growth in this type of accommodation already.
Karla Eggelton told Sara Vui-Talitu the workshops are being seen as a way to empower locals to earn a living with minimal investment.
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