Moscow hotels are recognized as the most expensive in the world

Moscow remains for tourists the most expensive city in the world at the cost of accommodation, writes Kommersant . The average price of one hotel room in July-September 2008 reached 259 euros per night, the international system of online booking hotels Hotels.com states. At the same time, accommodation in a two -star metropolitan hotel will often cost a tourist even more expensive than in three -star? 188 against 123 euros.

Hotels.com analyzed prices in the third quarter of 2008 68 thousand hotels of 12.5 thousand tourist destinations. As follows from the study, Moscow hotels are still the most expensive in the world. The average cost of one number in July-September amounted to 259 euros per night, increasing by almost 2%compared to the same period last year. In addition to Moscow, Russia is also represented by the 23rd place in St. Petersburg with an indicator of 122 euros per night (minus 18%).

In the whole world, the average cost of a hotel room in the third quarter decreased by 3%, comes to the conclusion of Hotels.com. The main fall falls on North and Latin America. In New York, the third city of the world in the cost of a room in hotels, prices fell by 2%, up to 219 euros per night. In Europe, prices on the contrary rose in July-September by an average of 2%.

Two stars (188 euros per night) in Moscow in Moscow is even more expensive than in a three -star hotel (123 euros), follows from the Hotels.com research. The average cost of accommodation in a four -star hotel is 194 euros per night, in five -star? 328 euros. This year, five-star hotels put up low prices for organized groups, which were forced to react four- and three-star, but not small two-star hotels with which tour operators practically do not cooperate, experts explain.

The economic crisis is unlikely to lead to a strong drop in the value of the room in Russian hotels, experts are sure. In 1998, after the crisis, the first month of the number of rooms in Moscow hotels still grew, and then decreased by 25%, and then by another 20%. At the same time, hoteliers kept prices, sacrificing loading.