Association: hotel operators having worst season for decade

Hotel operators say they are having their worst season in a decade because of the financial crisis. Most Czech hotels have seen takings per room fall by 20 to 35 percent, according to a report produced by the Association of Hotels and Restaurants for the Czech News Agency. Occupation rates have fallen by 18 percent while prices have been reduced by 11 percent. The fall in numbers is particularly marked in the case of German, British, Irish, Dutch, Japanese, American, Spanish and Brazilian visitors, say the authors of the study.