CHINA | 2008 BEIJING SUMMER OLYMPICS
Hotel rooms still available for Beijing Olympics
There are still plenty of hotel rooms available for the
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 percent of capacity at Beijing's five-star hotels have been booked during the Aug. 8-24
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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