As Covid-19 pandemic travel restrictions bite, guests from mainland China fall by almost 60% to 244,000, but locals ‘holidaying at home’ fill 95,000 beds.
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Mainlanders make up the bulk of the market, however beds stand empty for around one night in two, with occupancy rates at 44%.
Staycations will be available every day including public holidays until end December.
More guests spell good news for city’s economy, but hotel occupancy rate is still only just over 60 per cent.
In the wake of Covid-19, guests are up 552 per cent compared to 2020, but 34 per cent less than the glory days of the year before.
Occupancy is increasing steadily, helped by staycationers, although so far this year more than half of available beds lie empty.
