Number of hotels increase 147 percent in three years
The total numbers of hotels in Vietnam over the past three years increased 147 percent and hotel rooms, 210 percent, according to Grant Thornton Vietnam Ltd.
The latest report by Grant Thornton Vietnam on its survey of the hotel service sector in 2007 said that the hotel room occupation rate also rose by 142 percent in the period from 2003 to 2007.
Meanwhile the number of hotel clients for the business purpose increase by 5.26 percent compared to two years ago.
The survey showed that most of hotel clients in five-star hotels are businesspeople. These guests represented 39.59 percent of five-star hotels’ total turnover. Meanwhile, tourists who bought tours of travel companies represent 39.59 percent of four-star hotels’ clients.
The average price of hotel rooms is highest in Hanoi and lowest in Da Lat among the five destinations surveyed, namely Hanoi, HCM City, Phan Thiet, Hoi An and Da Nang.
VNA
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