Hotel Overcapacity: Destination Mauritius Sellout Increases
10 years, 1 month ago - February 27, 2014
The battle to put tourism on track looks tougher this year. While Mauritius Statistics released yesterday, Wednesday, Feb. 26, a bleak tourist balance for 2013, citing in particular a fall of nearly Rs 4 billion in revenue, François Eynaud recalls reality of weight.
" The hotel offer count from 800 to 900 additional rooms during the low tourist season this year. However, it still lacks 4000 5 000 tourists to reach a satisfactory occupancy rate of 107 others listed as operational hotels last year , "says the president of the Association of Hoteliers and restaurateurs of Mauritius. " This hotel overcapacity again lead to a price war because many operators are doing difficult , "François Eynaud advance.
