据估计，2008年奥运会期间来京的观众总人数将达300万之多，国内外旅游者预计将达到170万左右。为实现申奥承诺，满足众多观众和海内外旅游者奥运期间不同层次的住宿需求，北京将在658家星级饭店的基础上，再建100多家星级饭店。

Beijing will build 110 star hotels to cope with the demand for accommodation during the 2008 Olympic Games.

Beijing will build 110 star hotels to cope with the demand for accommodation during the 2008 Olympic Games.

"The planned 110 hotels will range from one star to five stars, with a majority of them targeting high-end guests," Du Jiang, director of Beijing Tourism Bureau, said at a seminar on economy hotels on last Friday.

Although there is a great demand for economy hotels in Beijing, the trend is to develop high-end hotels, Du acknowledged.

During the 2008 Olympic Games, most guests will be accommodated in Beijing hotels, Du said. "But the hotels in neighboring Hebei Province, which are about 100 kilometers away from Beijing, will be on stand-by."

According to the official, there are 56 hotels, including 8 four or five stars hotels, within 100 kilometers of Beijing.

By 2007, the number of star hotels in Beijing is expected to reach 800, providing approximately 130,000 rooms, Beijing's Vice Mayor Zhang Mao said at the seminar.
According to an estimate, about 250,000 foreign tourists, regular tourists and Games viewers will make Beijing hotels accommodate 550,000 people per day during the 2008 Olympic Games.

Currently, Beijing has 658 star hotels with a total of 109,000 rooms.


Vocabulary :

accoommodate：住宿

approximately ：大约