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June 26, 2008

Want to See the Beijing Olympics? There’s Plenty of Room

Apparently, the summer tourist season is not looking good in China — despite the Olympic Games. According to an AP report (via MSNBC), a lot of Beijing’s 4-star hotels are just 44% booked; not good news for a country that’s just spent $40 billion on venues and infrastructure for the hordes of tourists they expected. Why are the tourists staying away? Disappointed businessmen and women there cite a host of reasons: tightened visa rules, pollution, and last month’s earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people. And it’s not just Olympic fans staying away; a Chinese travel agency rep says, the regular tourists aren’t coming because hotel and transportation prices jumped in anticipation of — the Olympics.