How popular is Airbnb?

Tall order

Two naval cadets were killed and 19 injured when a Mexican sail training vessel, the Cuauhtemoc, crashed into Brooklyn Bridge. How many fully-rigged sailing vessels are there in the world?

— Sail Training International lists 383 such ships which have taken part in races and regattas in recent years.

— The oldest still in use, Constitution, was built in 1797. It is moored in Boston as a museum ship but still undertakes voyages.

— The Australian navy trains sailors on the STS Young Endeavour, a gift from the UK government to mark the 200th anniversary of European settlement in 1988. Other countries which still train naval recruits on tall ships include India, Poland, Germany and Spain. China launched its first naval training tall ship, the Po Lang, last year.

Fish scale

What did EU membership do for our fishing industry compared with neighbouring countries and those with access to our waters?

Tons of fish landed:

1972 | 2022

UK 1.07m | 847,000

France 791,000 | 677,000

Spain 1.56m | 1.19m

Netherlands 348,000 | 367,000

(West) Germany 761,000 | 265,000

Denmark 1.44m | 669,000

Norway 3.12m | 3.76m

Iceland 1.44m | 669,000

Source: FAO

Bed spread

How big is the market for Airbnbs?

— Last year, 90.1m guest nights were booked via Airbnb and other ‘online collaborative economy platforms’.

— The most bookings were in August (12.8m) and fewest in January (3.7m).

— 26% of bookings were in just ten local authority areas, with the most popular being Westminster (3.9m), Cornwall (3.4m), Edinburgh (3m) and Highlands (2.6m).

— Kensington and Chelsea had the highest proportion of international guests, at 85%.

— In the third quarter of 2023, the most international guests came from US (1.9m), Germany (1m) and France (763,000).