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Hotels in Panama at 84.7% Occupancy Rate
By Kelvin Wong for (Bloomberg)
-- Six Australian cities are among the 20 destinations with the highest
hotel occupancy rates outside the U.S. last year, with Perth claiming
the top spot, according to a report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Perth
had an occupancy rate of 85.1 percent, Deloitte said in a report
released today. Next on the list, which tracks 7,800 hotels in 165
cities outside the U.S., was Panama with 84.7 percent followed by Dubai
at 84.5 percent. Brisbane came in fourth with 84.3 percent. The other
Australian cities in the top 20 were Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and
Cairns. (more)
World tourist arrivals rose 6 percent to 900
million in 2007 on the strength of the global economy and the growth of
low-cost airlines, according to the World Tourism Organization.
Occupancy at Australian cities was further boosted by a lack of new
hotel projects, Ian Breedon, a Sydney-based partner at Deloitte, said
in a press release today.
Declining travel costs ``will push up the demand for
more hotel space in Australia,'' Breedon said. ``It will bring to our
shores many more visitors, especially from Asia.''
Hotels in Venice had the world's highest average
revenue per available room at $265, 22 percent higher than in 2006, the
report said. Paris was second with $249 revenue per room, followed by
Moscow at $244 and London with $224.
The Asia-Pacific region had 185 million arrivals last
year, 10 percent more than in 2006, second to Europe with 480 million
on 4 percent growth, the report said, citing the World Tourism
Organization. The Americas had 142 million visitor arrivals, 4 percent
higher than the previous year.
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