Sanya average hotel room rate to drop 15.7% during Spring Festival holidays
Statistics from the Hainan provincial government showed that the average room rate of the 267 hotels in Sanya is 2,873 yuan per night during the 2013 Spring Festival holiday, a 15.7% decrease from the previous year.
In addition to villas and suites, 38,087 rooms across the city are subject to the price controls, accounting for 85% of the total number.
Released information shows that rooms with rates below 3,000 yuan and 2,000 yuan account for 54.8% and 43.6% of total room numbers respectively.
High-end rooms with rates above 5,000 yuan only accounted 9.1% of the total room numbers.
Hotel room rates in Hainan during the major Chinese public holidays remain stable following recent moves by the provincial government to curb price hikes by hoteliers.