Climate conference set records for December but could not save 2009 from being a poor overall year for the hotel industry
Despite record occupancy figures for December thanks to the COP15 conference, hotels nationwide experienced a dreadful 2009.
On Zealand, COP15 helped hotels achieve 433,000 overnight stays for the month. But the late-year surge did not keep the overall figures for 2009 from dipping from the previous year, as the region had 5,465,557 overnight stays last year compared to 5,768,495 in 2008.
Nationwide, overnight stays fell from around 10.9 million in 2008 to about 10 million last year – a drop of 8 percent. In 2007 that figure was nearly 16 million, clearly demonstrating the effects of the financial crisis on the business and tourism industry.
Prices of hotels in Copenhagen have been a major deterrent to would-be travellers to the nation’s top tourist city. A Saturday night stay in Copenhagen during February costs an average of around 850 kroner at a three-star hotel – just slightly less than London.
By contrast, prices in Rome for the same type of hotel run about 90 euros (670 kroner) on average, while in Prague and Amsterdam a Saturday night stay this month will typically set you back about 40 euro and 85 euro respectively.
