How many hotel rooms are there in the World?
Some are very large and others quite narrow there that offer beautiful views of the outside and others on a wall, they are single, double, triple or more, urban or rural, clean or unhealthy, luxurious or austere ... but have you ever wondered how much there is of hotel rooms in the world?
According to the latest census conducted by STR Global, there was in the month of February 2012 more than 13.4 million hotel rooms worldwide, 13443014 exactly.
The growth over the past 12 years was 1.6% per year. The Asia-Pacific region that has seen the most growth in this sector with an increase of 2.7% per year. Then follow the Middle East and Africa with 2.5% annual increase. Growth in the number of hotel rooms in Europe was only 1.1% per year.
This is North America has the largest number of rooms to hotel chains and is also the region with the largest number of rooms in all categories with 41.1% of the global hotel portfolio, representing 5 565,866 rooms.
Europe is the second region in the world with 3,998,603 hotel rooms, or 29.7% of mondial.Elle hotel portfolio is followed by the Asia-Pacific region offering 2,897,823 rooms, or 21.6% of Grand total.
The increase in the number of hotel rooms has been greater for first-class hotels and upgraded from 39 to 41% of the total, at the expense of other types of accommodation.
Despite the crisis is expected to increase the number of tourists in 2012, which is good news for the hotel industry. Last year, 800 new hotels are under construction in Europe, or 130,260 new rooms that will soon be available to travelers
