Beijing hotel prices during Games to rise 1.5 times
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-06-14 14:44
The prices of a hotel room in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games are
expected to rise by only one and half times, much lower than hotels in other
cites that have hosted the games, according to Beijing Modern Business Times.
Xiong Yumei, deputy director of the Beijing Tourism Administration, said
Beijing hotels have been authorized to increase their room rates by 1.4 to 1.6
times the regular price. Hotels rates in Sydney and Torino rose two to three
times their regular prices when those cities hosted the games, she said.
Beijing expects to receive 500,000 to 550,000 overseas tourists during the
games and 675,000 to 774,000 domestic visitors.
Xiong said by 2008, Beijing will have 800 star-rated hotels. Beijing now has
4,761 hotels, with some 280,000 rooms, of which 658 are star-rated that have
112,000 rooms. Non-rated hotels will be upgraded to bring the number of
star-rated hotels to 800.
|
