Hotel Rooms Still Available for Beijing Olympics
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Article from USA Today regarding Hotel Room Availability for the Beijing Olympics:
BEIJING (AP) — There are still plenty of hotel rooms available for the Beijing Olympics.
Director of Beijing’s Tourism Bureau Zhang Huiguang says the crunch that was predicted doesn’t seem to be happening.
She said that about 500,000 foreigners were expected for the games, a figure Beijing officials have long been predicting.
She said only 77% of capacity at Beijing’s five-star hotels have been booked during the Aug. 8-24 Olympic Games, and the four-star hotel rate is only 44%. And it’s even lower for three- and two-stars.
One reason could be China’s crack down on visa procedures, targeting students and others on short-term stays who might be activists intent on protesting during the Olympics.
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